Past tense of unscrew
regular verb
The past tense of unscrew is unscrewed. The past participle is also unscrewed.
Forms of unscrew
| Base form (V1) | unscrew |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | unscrewed |
| Past participle (V3) | unscrewed |
| Present participle | unscrewing |
| Third person singular | unscrews |
Unscrewed in a sentence
- Van Son unscrewed the pump’s handle and shoved it into her bra.2018 December 31, Natalie Kitroeff, “‘A Pumping Conspiracy’: Why Workers Smuggled Breast Pumps Into Prison”, in The New York Times
- Four-year-old Anna surprised her parents when she unscrewed the screw cap and poured herself a glass of milk, like an old pro.From the entry screw cap
- The bottle cap rasped as she unscrewed it and glugged some Bailey's into her mug, the spoon tinkling as she stirred.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 281. From the entry glug
- While Eleanor spoke to the bosswoman about price, I took a deep breath and unscrewed the cap from my fountain pen.1946 September 26, “Pitching Horseshoes with Billy Rose”, in St. Louis Globe-Democrat, volume 72, number 109, St. Louis, Mo., page 1B. From the entry bosswoman
- He unscrewed the top from the pot, dipped the stick in, and clumsily glopped the white mess onto the handbill Minnie was holding.2012, Courtney Milan, The Duchess War. From the entry glop
Meaning of unscrew
- verb To loosen a screw or thing by turning it.
Questions about the past tense of unscrew
- What is the past tense of unscrew?
- The past tense of unscrew is unscrewed.
- What is the past participle of unscrew?
- The past participle of unscrew is unscrewed.
- Is unscrew a regular or irregular verb?
- Unscrew is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: unscrew (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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