cork
To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopperTo seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.
» The cork would not come out.
Пробка не вытаскивалась.
Meaning
9 senses(transitive)To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.
затыка́тьzatykátʹ, заткну́тьzatknútʹ
stuff with cork
(transitive)To blacken (as) with a burnt cork.
close a bottle with a cork
To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.
To fill with cork.
To fill with cork.
(transitive)To tamper with (a bat) by drilling out part of the head and filling the cavity with cork or similar light, compressible material.
He corked his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy.
(Australia, transitive)To injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma.
The vicious tackle corked his leg.
2010, Andrew Stojanovski, Dog Ear Cafe, large print 16pt, page 191, Much to my relief he had only corked his leg when he had jumped.
To position one's drift net just outside of another person's net, thereby intercepting and catching all the fish that would have gone into that person's net.
(transitive)To block (a street) illegally, to allow a protest or other activity to take place without traffic.
To perform such a maneuver.
Examples
37 sentencesThe cork would not come out.
ruПробка не вытаскивалась. — marafon
Tom pulled the cork out of the bottle.
Tom put the cork back into the wine bottle.
deTom setzte den Korken wieder auf die Weinflasche. — raggione
I've never used this kind of cork screw before.
deSo einen Korkenzieher habe ich noch nie benutzt. — Waldelfe
Do you have a cork screw I could borrow?
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English cork (“oak bark, cork”), from Middle Dutch curc (“cork (material or obFrom Middle English cork (“oak bark, cork”), from Middle Dutch curc (“cork (material or object)”), either from Spanish corcho (“cork (material or object)”) (also corcha or corche) or from Old Spanish alcorque (“cork sole”). Doublet of cortex.
From the traversal path resembling that of a corkscrew.
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Forms
corks, corking, corked, corkedPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
1 synonyms- close a bottle with a cork:cork up
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
3 patterns- cork out of
- the cork out
- get the cork