screwdrive

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verb

To assemble or fasten with a screwdriver.

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Meanings

verbscrewdrive (third-person singular simple present screwdrives, present participle screwdriving, simple past screwdrove, past participle screwdriven)

present singular third person screwdrives · participle present screwdriving · past screwdrove · participle past screwdriven

  1. raretransitiveTo assemble or fasten with a screwdriver.

    Chinese trade mushroomed as component imports increased, were screwdriven together in China, and the finished products re-exported.

    1999, Jean Grugel, Wil Hout, Regionalism Across the North-South Divide, page 90
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    If the operator violates this instruction and, for example, tries to slightly move the workpiece while the robot is screwdriving it, then the execution may be interrupted […]

    2019, Maurice H. ter Beek, Alessandro Fantechi, Laura Semini, From Software Engineering to Formal Methods and Tools, and Back, page 113

Origin

Back-formation from screwdriver.

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APA

screwdrive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screwdrive

MLA

“screwdrive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screwdrive. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “screwdrive,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screwdrive.

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