unscrew

Verb

Verb Forms: unscrewed, unscrewing, unscrews

• To loosen or remove by twisting.
• loosen something by unscrewing it
  • "unscrew the outlet plate"
• loosen by turning
  • "unscrew the bottle cap"
• To loosen a screw or thing by turning it.

Examples

• He needed to unscrew his brain from overthinking to see the obvious word.
• I'm having some trouble unscrewing the lid of this jar.

Antonyms

screw