unscrewed
past simple and past participle ofunscrew
unscrew
verb[T]
uk/ʌnˈskruː/us/ʌnˈskruː/unscrewverb[T](LID)
to take thelidortopoff something bytwistingit round:
I can't unscrew thetopof thisjar- it's reallytight.
Unfastening and opening
- breaker
- gape
- let/setsomethinglooseidiom
- loose
- loosen
- loosenyourgripidiom
- shut(someone)up
- steam
- tease
- teasesomethingout
- the earth/ground/floor opensidiom
- unbuckle
- unbutton
- unfold
- unlace
- unlock
- unpick
- unplug
- unroll
- unzip
unscrewverb[T](SCREWS)
toremovesomething by taking thescrewsout of it
Unfastening and opening
- breaker
- gape
- let/setsomethinglooseidiom
- loose
- loosen
- loosenyourgripidiom
- shut(someone)up
- steam
- tease
- teasesomethingout
- the earth/ground/floor opensidiom
- unbuckle
- unbutton
- unfold
- unlace
- unlock
- unpick
- unplug
- unroll
- unzip
Examplesofunscrewed
unscrewed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
If adequate stability and satisfactory positioning were confirmed the cable wasunscrewed, releasing the device.
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After having scrutinized the fit of the configured occluder, the device wasunscrewedfrom the delivery cable.
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The original top of the jar served as the floor and could beunscrewedfor the insertion and removal of flies.
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The guide tube through which the microelectrode would pass was sealed with a protective stylus that could beunscrewedto allow attachment of a microdrive.
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In our contention the parts which are, in fact, detachable areunscrewed, and each part then goes on by itself.
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Up again, it can beunscrewedand taken away to where it is required for someone else.
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They then found a receptacle—in fact, a steel drum—andunscrewedits cap.
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He sat there cerebrating for a full hour-and-a-half before he deliberatelyunscrewedhis fountain pen and put pen to paper.
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Heunscrewedcertain things, must be working wrongly, because the supply of petrol was running down.
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They are all taken from bottles that can beunscrewedwithout the slightest trouble by very small hands.
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It was simply that the top wasunscrewedand the hooligan, or whoever he was, then scattered the fluid all around.
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They can beunscrewedand lowered.
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Anything that could beunscrewedwas taken.
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A swiveled, hinged link was designed to allow the barrel to beunscrewedwhile still remaining attached, but this was evidently not successful.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There are parts on the mech that can beunscrewedand then exposed cores to hit.
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