Unscrew
[ʌn'skruː] or [,ʌn'skru]
Definition
(verb.) loosen something by unscrewing it; 'unscrew the outlet plate'.
(verb.) loosen by turning; 'unscrew the bottle cap'.
Checker: Michelle--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To draw the screws from; to loose from screws; to loosen or withdraw (anything, as a screw) by turning it.
Typist: Pearl
Definition
v.t. to loose from screws: to unfasten.
Editor: Megan
Examples
- I could unscrew the detonators and just use them, he thought. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He held the usual screwed bit of whitey-brown paper in his hand, from which he ever and again unscrewed a spare pinch of snuff. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I find I am not quite unscrewed yet. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He had made a desperate struggle to screw up his courage, but it was fast coming unscrewed again. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Typist: Mabel