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unscrew

verb

Etymology

From un- + screw.

  1. derived from *(s)keru-✻
  2. derived from *skrūbō✻
  3. derived from *scrūva✻
  4. derived from scrōfa
  5. derived from escroue — “nut, cylindrical socket, screwhole”
  6. inherited from screw
  7. formed as unscrew — “un- + screw”

Definitions

  1. To loosen a screw or thing by turning it.

    • I'm having some trouble unscrewing the lid of this jar.
    • It requires opening a complex lock with a key that also unscrews a bolt six inches long. Unscrewing the bolt itself takes six minutes.
    • A young orangutan in the San Diego Zoo became famous for unbolting the screening of his crib, removing the wires, and moving through the zoo nursery, unscrewing lightbulbs.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA