unscrewing
present 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
Examplesofunscrewing
unscrewing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The device is released byunscrewing, rotating the wire for this purpose.
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There is no disarmament in that instance, simply some mothballing or some provisionalunscrewing.
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You will not get very far byunscrewingonly one.
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The installer attaches the fence at one end, stretches it, and attaches at the other, easily removing the excess byunscrewinga wire.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He then disabled the lights either by switching off the electricity at the meter or byunscrewinglightbulbs from their sockets.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The player must use the left analogue stick to beginunscrewing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thereafter, any attempt to disarm the mine byunscrewingthe pressure plate (to remove the fuze) will automatically trigger detonation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The cover of cylinder can be removed byunscrewingthe bolts.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Unscrewingthe finials yielded maps of the surrounding area.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One of his aphorisms wasunscrewingthe inscrutable to describe a deliberate and careful thought process on complex matters.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.That is also the common way of coupling locomotives to or from wagons, faster thanunscrewingthe link.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Remembering that his attacker beganunscrewingthe grating over the air vent prior to the attack, he removes the cover to discover what lies within it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Komodo transforms to keep themunscrewing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the event the submarine needed additional buoyancy to rise in an emergency, the iron weight could be removed byunscrewingthe heads of the bolts from inside the vessel.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The fuze was worked by the user firstunscrewinga plastic cap to expose a long, narrow cloth streamer with a curved lead weight attached to the end.
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