What is "unscrewed"

Usage examples of "unscrewed".

Taking the rubber cap out of the case, he unscrewed the top on the small jar, dipped his finger into the ointment, lifted out a dollop of spermicide,10 and began spreading the white cream inside the Dutch cap.

Having deposited our mournful burden upon tressels within this region of horror, we partially turned aside the yet unscrewed lid of the coffin, and looked upon the face of the tenant.

One of the sailors, posted on the top ladderstep, unscrewed the bolts of the panels.

The hand came out holding a small metal cylinder with a cap which Le Chiffre unscrewed.

The ends of the plugs should not be sawed off even with the shell, but left square and project sufficiently to allow them to be unscrewed by means of a wrench, and whenever these plugs are removed for the purpose of fitting the shells for service, they are not to be thrown away but preserved for future use.

I unscrewed the plastic top and lined up three glasses, and into the first poured just a smidgin for a taste.

Nanoannie unscrewed the thermos and wrinkled her nose at the rotten fruit smell.

He unscrewed the buttcap, and took two of the sodium thiosulfate tablets that fell into his palm, shoved the weapon back into his coveralls and went down the corridor.

He unscrewed the plastic cap, splashed some of the toluene on the floor, and left the bottle open.

I unscrewed the heater vent and tapped along the baseboards listening for hollow spots.

They knocked on beams, removed floorboards, unscrewed drainpipes and put hands into lavatories.

I placed one of the hardwood battens on the top rung, set one end of the bottle-screw on the wood directly above the rung and unscrewed the upper eyebolt until it was firmly against the other batten which I'd placed under the hatch, to spread the load.

Rohain lifted a few lids, unscrewed several caps, to reveal pink and white powders, black paste, pastilles, gloves, buttons, buttonhooks, ribbons, decorative combs of bone, horn, or brass inlaid with tortoiseshell, silver pique barrettes, enameled butterfly clasps, scented essences, aromatic substances.

It looked like a ten-gallon stainless steel thermos, and when I unscrewed the lid, I pulled out seven cryotubes so old that instead of plastic, they were made of glass.

With fascinated horror Roget Germyn unscrewed the lid from a box which bore an ancient stencil: ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND.