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# unscrew

«unscrew» in Mova's school dictionary: **to remove it or open it by turning it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (unscrew, unscrews, unscrewed, unscrewing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To unscrew something is to remove it or open it by turning it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unscrew/#m1)

2) To unscrew is also to take out screws. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unscrew/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, you unscrew bottle lids, light bulbs and jar tops. In design and technology lessons, you unscrew screws with a screwdriver. Phrases: unscrew the lid, unscrew the top.

### examples

- Can you unscrew this jar lid for me? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unscrew/#x1)
- Dad unscrewed the old light bulb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unscrew/#x2)
- She unscrewed the cap of the water bottle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unscrew/#x3)
- We unscrewed the shelf from the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unscrew/#x4)
- Turn left to unscrew. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unscrew/#x5)
- The lid was too tight to unscrew. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unscrew/#x6)

### note

Prefix un- + screw. Remember «lefty loosey, righty tighty». Safety: switch off power before unscrewing light bulbs.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unscrew» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unscrew/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.