unscrewing

English

Verb

unscrewing

1. present participle and gerund of unscrew

Noun

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.