to uncork

Examples

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• His dad helped him uncork a bottle of champagne, and they celebrated on the spot.

  Blog text (11)

• I uncorked it myself.

  The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)

• This one we'll uncork for free.

  The Shooter (1995)

• Then whenever I wanted to, I could uncork the bottle... and live the memory all over again.

  Rebecca (1940)

• Deliberately, he began to uncork the bottle.

  Fiction book (2002)

• So she uncorked the bottle and poured herself another glass, even though she didn't want one.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Back home again, he uncorked the wine, let it breathe, drank a few glasses of it... ...and tried to think of something meaningful, but could not.

  A Scanner Darkly (2006)

• Dad moves beside me and, with the corkscrew, uncorks the first bottle and holds each glass steady as I pour.

  Fiction book (1997)

• "I won't be able to leave here." Without answering, Caroline uncorked the bottle and poured some into her own glass.

  Fiction book (1996)

• At dinner, I uncorked the red wine and poured it into our glasses.

Synonyms

U

to uncap

vsto uncork

1 3.2

Remove the cap from something like a bottle or pen

is for taking a plug from a wine bottle rather than a lid

U

to untap

vsto uncork

7.7

To remove a tap from a barrel after it is empty

is for taking a plug from a wine bottle not removing a pouring device

Antonyms

C

to cork

9 3.9

To seal something by closing its opening with a stopper made from tree bark

How Open

to open

∞ 1.0

to uncork

5 3.7

to close

∞ 1.0

to seal

457 2.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology