unscrew
verb (used with object)
to draw or loosen a screw from (a hinge, bracket, etc.).
has unscrewed
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present perfectof unscrew (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Willow turns to look at Adam and it’s like someone has unscrewed her valve, letting all her air escape.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
Observe!—he has unscrewed both the nipples, and is drawing the end of a string through each of them.
From The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains by Mayne Reid
