to unscrew

Examples

• All

• The next morning, he had a terrible time getting the cap unscrewed from his water bottle.

  Fiction book (1997)

• I picked up the thermos and started to unscrew the top.

  Fiction book (1997)

• So put these two there and unscrew the bottom one as well.

• So to clean the glass, I have to unscrew this and this, and then this iron piece comes off.

• But they can just unscrew the nuts.

  The Little Vampire 3D (2017)

• First you remove the cover, then we unscrew the outlets and pull it out.

• You can just twist it and unscrew it and pull it right off.

• What say we unscrew the lid and see what happens?

  The Current War (2018)

• So I'm going to remove the duct, which just unscrews and there we are.

• He unscrewed the cap from the bottle to pour some juice.

Synonyms

U

to unfasten

vsto unscrew

5 3.4

To open something by undoing a button or zipper

is done specifically by turning to loosen items held by spiral ridges

U

to unbolt

vsto unscrew

3 3.7

To move a metal bar or lock that keeps a door closed

is done by turning to loosen spiral-ridged fasteners not by removing a rod

U

to unthread

vsto unscrew

5.1

To take thread out of a needle, cloth, or hole

is done by turning to loosen items held by spiral ridges instead of pulling materials

Antonyms

S

to screw

245 1.2

To fasten something by turning it into wood or metal

S

to screw into

1 2.8

Attach something to a wall or wood by turning a metal piece into it

How Detached

to remove

∞ 1.5

to unscrew

20 3.0

to unfasten

5 3.4

to loosen

88 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology