uncork
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To open (a bottle or other container sealed with a cork or stopper) by removing the cork or stopper from.
- (transitive) To release.
Etymology
Prefix from English cork (stopper, injure by a blow, corkscrew).
Origin
English
cork
Gloss
stopper, injure by a blow, corkscrew
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cork English
- corkable English
- corkage English
- corkball English
- corker English
- corkless English
- corklike English
- corkline English
- corkscrew English
- corkwing English
- corkwood English
- corky English
- recork English
- uncorker English
- cork French
- cork Middle English
- corc Irish
- korko Esperanto
- काग Hindi
- corc Welsh