1.  screw up(v = verb.change) heat up, hot up - make more intense; "Emotions were screwed up"
is one way to compound, deepen, heighten, intensify
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

2.  screw up(v = verb.social) ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, spoil - make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
is one way to fail, go wrong, miscarry
Derived form noun screwup₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something

3.  screw up(v = verb.contact) - screw or turn higher;
is one way to screw
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

4.  screw up(v = verb.body) - twist into a strained configuration; "screw up one's face"
is one way to grimace, make a face, pull a face
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

VB  join, unite, conjoin, connect, associate, put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together, tack together, fix together, bind up together together, embody, reembody, roll into one, attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast, tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, stitch, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain, fetter, lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple, link, yoke, bracket, marry, bridge over, span, braze, pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet, impact, solder, set, weld together, fuse together, wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase, graft, ingraft, inosculate, entwine, intwine, interlink, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, entangle, twine round, belay, tighten, trice up, screw up, be joined, hang together, hold together, cohere.

VB  prepare, get ready, make ready, make preparations, settle preliminaries, get up, sound the note of preparation, set in order, put in order, forecast, prepare the ground, plow the ground, dress the ground, till the soil, cultivate the soil, predispose, sow the seed, lay a train, dig a mine, lay the groundwork, fix the groundwork, lay the basis, fix the basis, lay the foundations, fix the foundations, dig the foundations, erect the scaffolding, lay the first stone, roughhew, cut out work, block out, hammer out, lick into shape, elaborate, mature, ripen, mellow, season, bring to maturity, nurture, hatch, cook, brew, temper, anneal, smelt, barbecue, infumate, maturate, equip, arm, man, fit-out, fit up, furnish, rig, dress, garnish, betrim, accouter, array, fettle, fledge, dress up, furbish up, brush up, vamp up, refurbish, sharpen one's tools, trim one's foils, set, prime, attune, whet the knife, whet the sword, wind up, screw up, adjust, put in trim, put in train, put in gear, put in working order, put in tune, put in a groove for, put in harness, pack, train, inure, breed, prepare for, rehearse, make provision for, take steps, take measures, take precautions, provide, provide against, beat up for recruits, open the door to, set one's house in order, make all snug, clear the decks, clear for action, close one's ranks, shuffle the cards, prepare oneself, serve an apprenticeship, lay oneself out for, get into harness, gird up one's loins, buckle on one's armor, reculer pour mieux sauter, prime and load, shoulder arms, get the steam up, put the horses to, guard against, make sure against, forearm, make sure, prepare for the evil day, have a rod in pickle, provide against a rainy day, feather one's nest, lay in provisions, make investments, keep on foot, be prepared, be ready, hold oneself in readiness, keep one's powder dry, lie in wait for, anticipate, principiis obstare, veniente occurrere morbo.

VB  be strong, be stronger, overmatch, render strong, give strength, strengthen, invigorate, brace, nerve, fortify, sustain, harden, case harden, steel, gird, screw up, wind up, set up, gird up one's loins, brace up one's loins, recruit, set on one's legs, vivify, refresh, refect, reinforce, reenforce.

act up, add up, allen screw, ante up, back up, backed up, ball up, balled up, bang up, bear up, beat up, bed screw, beef up, beefed up, belly up, belt up, bind up, binding screw, blaze up, block up, blow up, blowing up, blown up, board up, bob up, bollix up, bollixed up, bollocks up, bolster up, bomb up, bone up, book up, boost up, botch up, bottle screw, bottle up, bound up, box up, brace up, break up, breech screw, brick up, bridle up, bring up, bringing up, brisk up, bristle up, brush up, bubble up, buck up, bucked up, build up, bump up, bunch up, bundle up, buoy up, burn up, bust up, butter up, button up, buy up, call up, cap screw, carve up, cast up, catch up, catch up with, caught up, caught up in, chain up, chalk up, charge up, chat up, check up on, cheer up, chew up, chin up, chirk up, chock up, choke up, choose up, chop up, chuck up the sponge, chum up, churn up, clam up, clap up, clean up, clear up, climb up, clock up, clog up, close up, cloud up, clouding up, clutter up, cobble up, cock up, come up, come up against, come up to, conjure up, cook up, coop up, cork up, cotton up, cough up, coughing up, couple up, cover up, cozy up, crack up, crank up, crap up, creep up, crock up, crop up, curl up, curled up, cut up, dam up, deck up, dig up, digging up, dish up, divided up, divvy up, do up, doctor up, doll up, dolled up, done up, dope up, double up, drag up, draw up, dream up, dredge up, dress up, dried up, drink up, drive up, drive up the wall, drum up, dry up, drying up, dummy up, earth up, ease up, eat up, edge up, end up, even up, face up, face up to, faggot up, fake up, fancied up, fancy up, fatten up, fed up, felt up, fess up, fetch up, fig up, fill up, finish up, fire up, firm up, fix up, flame up, flare up, fluff up, fog up, fold up, follow up, follow up on, foot up, fork up, fort up, foul up, frame up, freshen up, fuck up, furbish up, gang up, gang up on, gas up, gather up, gear up, get up, ginger up, give up, giving up, glam up, go up, go up in smoke, gobble up, grow up, grown up, grub up, gum up, gummed up, gussied up, gussy up, ham it up, hang up, hard up, hash up, haul up, head up, heap up, heat up, heated up, heave up, heft up, held up, het up, high up, higher up, hike up, hindleys screw, hit it up, hit up, hitch up, hive up, hoke up, hold up, hole up, hook up, hook up with, hop up, hopped up, hot up, hung up, hurry up, hush up, hype up, ice up, jack up, jazz up, jolly up, juice up, jump up, jumping up and down, keep up, kept up, key up, keyed up, kick up, kink up, kit up, knock up, lace up, lag screw, laid up, land up, lap up, laugh it up, lay up, lead up, let up, lift up, light up, lighten up, limber up, line up, lined up, link up, live it up, live up to, liven up, load up, lock up, log up, look up, look up to, looking up, loosen up, louse up, machine screw, made up, make up, make up one's mind, make up to, mark up, mat up, matte up, measure up, measure up to, meet up with, mess up, messed up, metal screw, mix up, mixed up, mock up, mop up, mount up, mount up to, move up, muck up, mucked up, muddy up, muffle up, mug up, muster up, nut-leaved screw tree, offer up, open up, own up, pal up, pass up, patch up, pay up, pen up, pent up, pep up, perk up, perked up, phillips screw, pick up, pick up the gauntlet, pile up, pin up, pipe up, play up, play up to, plump up, point up, polish up, pony up, pop up, pound up, prang up, pretty up, prick up, prim up, prop up, propping up, psych up, psyched up, puff up, puffed up, pull up, pull up short, pull up stakes, pumped up, push up, put up, put up job, put up to, put up with, queue up, rachet up, rack up, raise up, rake up, ramp up, rev up, rig up, ring up, rip up, rise up, roll up, rope up, rough up, round up, rout up, rub up, ruck up, ruffle up, run up, runner up, sack up, save up, saved up, scale up, scare up, scoop up, scrape up, scratch up, screw, screw auger, screw augur, screw bean, screw eye, screw jack, screw key, screw log, screw pine, screw propeller, screw thread, screw tree, screw wrench, scrub up, scrunch up, seal up, sell up, serve up, set up, sew up, sex up, shack up, shake up, shape up, shine up, shine up to, shoot up, shore up, shoring up, show up, shown up, shrivel up, shut up, sidle up, sign up, silt up, sit up, size up, slack up, slice up, slick up, slicked up, slip up, slow up, slurp up, smarten up, smash up, smell up, snap up, snarl up, snatch up, sneak up, soak up, soaking up, soar up, sober up, soften up, sop up, soup up, speak up, speak up for, spear up, speed up, speeded up, spice up, spiff up, spiffed up, spirit up, spit up, split up, sponge up, spring up, spruce up, spruced up, square up, stack up, stand up, stand up for, stand up to, start up, stay up, steam up, steamed up, step up, stick up, stick up for, stink up, stir up, stirred up, stop up, stopped up, stored up, straighten up, strike up, string up, stuck up, suck up, suck up to, sum up, summing up, summon up, sunny-side up, swallow up, sweep up, swell up, swept up, swoop up, swot up, take up, take up arms, take up with, taken up, tart up, team up, tear up, tee up, temper screw, tense up, textile screw pine, think up, throw up, tidy up, tie up, tied up, tier up, tighten up, tog up, togged up, tone up, toss up, tot up, tote up, touch up, touch up paint, tractor screw, trice up, trick up, trip up, true up, trump up, trumped up, tune up, turn up, turn up the heat, turn up the pressure, turned up, tying up, up, up and down, up country, up here, up in arms, up in the air, up on, up quark, up the stairs, up to, up to her neck, up to his neck, up to my neck, up to now, up to our necks, up to their necks, up to your neck, use up, used up, using up, vamp up, vomit up, wake up, waking up, wall up, warm up, wash up, washed up, water screw, well up, whip up, whomp up, whoop it up, wind up, wing screw, wipe up, wise up, work up, worked up, wound up, wrack up, wrap up, wrapped up, wrapped up in, write up, wrought up, yield up, zip up