Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To open (a bottle or other container sealed with a cork or stopper) by removing the cork or stopper from.

    uncork a bottle of wine

    entkorken

    отку́пориватьotkúporivatʹ, отку́поритьotkúporitʹ

    відкорко́вуватиvidkorkóvuvaty, відкоркува́тиvidkorkuváty

  2. (transitive)To release.

    release

Examples

18 sentences
  1. Tom uncorked a bottle of wine.

    Том відкоркував пляшку вина.

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  2. Tom wasn't able to uncork the bottle.

    Том не міг відкоркувати пляшку.

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  3. Tom uncorked the wine.

    Том відкоркував вино.

    ruТом откупорил вино.

    deTom entkorkte den Wein.

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  4. I uncorked the wine.

    Я відкупорив пляшку вина.

    ruЯ откупорил вино.

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  5. I just uncorked a bottle of wine.

    ruЯ только что откупорил бутылку вина.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to open by removing the cork or stopper from:
Русский
By meaning 1
to open by removing the cork or stopper from:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to open by removing the cork or stopper from:

Origin

From un- + cork.

From un- + cork.

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Forms

uncorks, uncorking, uncorked, uncorked
Base formuncork · to uncork
3rd person singularuncorks
Present participleuncorking
Past simpleuncorked
Past participleuncorked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyuncork
he, she, ituncorks

Past simpleLesson

all personsuncorked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave uncorked
he, she, ithas uncorked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill uncork

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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