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UNCORK
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they uncork ... he / she / it uncorks
Past simple: uncorked
Past participle: uncorked
-ing form: uncorking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Draw the cork from (bottles)
Example:
uncork the French wine
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "uncork" is one way to...):
open; open up (cause to open or to become open)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
cork (close a bottle with a cork)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Release
Example:
uncork his anger
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "uncork" is one way to...):
unleash (release or vent)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
