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🥤 To remove cover 💸 To remove limit
to uncap

to uncap

1 3.2
Remove the cap from something like a bottle or pen
  • verb
  • /ˈʌnˌkæp/
translation icon : destapar
  • Do not uncover your typewriter, uncap your pen, or plug in your computer just yet.
  • uncap your pen
  • uncap a bottle

OK, Uncaps, it lines the table with pills.

Examples

  • And the genetic studies indicate that you can have bees that will uncap but won't, won't clean out.

  • OH HELL, ANYTHING YOU CAN UNCORK, UNCAP OR UNSCREW, I'LL DRINK IT.

    New in Town (2009)

  • Jimmy uncaps a beer and raises it in a toast.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • They uncap a bottle of vodka and pour a huge portion into the orange juice.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • She uncaps some pills, pops two in her mouth.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • If you're going to make a solution from powder, uncap the flask and add your weighed powder into the flask carefully.

  • Gaston grabs the vial, uncaps it, and drinks it down greedily.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • "Hey, it's okay," Phil says, and reaches out for the book—the man must have bought it in the hotel shop; the price sticker is still on the cover—uncaps his pen and asks the man's name.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • An aria can be heard as Allegra Pazzi, sitting at her dressing table in her underclothes, uncaps a small unlabeled bottle of perfume and carefully touches a drop to her wrist.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Before starting the meeting, I uncap my marker to take notes.

Synonyms

to unseal
vsto uncap
20 4.3

To open something by breaking or removing a seal

refers to removing lids or covers rather than breaking protective closures
to uncork
vsto uncap
5 3.7

To take the stopper out of a bottle so you can pour the drink

applies to removing lids or covers from various containers and pens

Surface Forms

uncap infinitive
uncapped past
uncapped past participle
uncapping present participle
uncaps third person singular

Morphology

uncap = cap (transparent) = un + cap

A straightforward reversal using the productive prefix 'un-' on 'cap' meaning to remove a cover.

Etymology

Uncap comes from the parts un- 'remove' and cap 'cover', like a hat or the top of a bottle. So, to uncap something is to take off its cover so you can use what is inside.