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unscrewing

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Verb

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unscrewing

  1. present participle and gerund of unscrew

Noun

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unscrewing (plural unscrewings)

  1. The act by which something is unscrewed.
    • 1854, George Dodd, The Curiosities of Industry and the Applied Sciences, page 35:
      But this was a sadly lingering process, since there must be as many screwings and unscrewings as there are copies to be printed.