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unscrews

unscrews is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unscrew.

Meaning of unscrew

Verb

unscrew (third-person singular simple present unscrews, present participle unscrewing, simple past and past participle unscrewed)

  1. (transitive) To loosen a screw or thing by turning it.
    • I'm having some trouble unscrewing the lid of this jar.

Questions about unscrews

What is unscrews the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unscrews is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unscrew.

Words near unscrews in the dictionary

  1. unscrewed
  2. unscrewer
  3. unscrewers
  4. unscrewing
  5. unscrewings
  6. unscrews
  7. unscribal
  8. unscribbled
  9. unscribed
  10. unscrimped
  11. unscripted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unscrews (page history and authors); unscrew (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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