uncorkv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈkɔːk/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈkɔːk/, U.S. /ˌənˈkɔrk/ 1.
a. transitive. To draw the cork of (a bottle, etc.).
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > open by freeing of obstruction > by bung or plug
unbung1611
unstopple1611
unscrew1653
draw1727
uncork1727
unplug1765
unstopper1839
pull1855
1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 70 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. Uncork the Bottle.
1784 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 74 375 The funnel was taken out,..and uncorked over a weighed cup.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) vi. 49 He made the salad; and uncorked the Champagne.
1894 H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Romance 222 Timothy..brought out a fresh bottle of brandy. This he uncorked cautiously.
b. transferred and figurative.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)]
freeeOE
letc1000
alithOE
areim-ena1250
alaskic1300
fritha1325
loose1340
unfetterc1374
to let goc1384
releasec1384
freitha1400
to let farea1400
assoil1401
remit1467
affranchise1477
resplaitc1531
discussa1542
freedom1548
to set (go, walk, etc.) free1609
re-enfranchise1611
unhook1611
unloose1614
liberate1623
disenfranchise1626
assert1638
relinquish1671
uncork1749
unfankle1824
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvii. iii. 106 The Froth bursting forth from his Lips the Moment they were uncorked . View more context for this quotation
1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto i. x In the ferment of freethought he had uncorked his soul, and it had run over with much froth.
1894 A. Robertson Nuggets 17 Their courage had been uncorked.., and they felt as limp as a wet rag.
2. To draw out, withdraw (a cork, etc.).
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)]
unteeOE
to take out of ——c1175
forthdraw?a1300
out-takea1350
to take outa1382
excludec1400
dischargec1405
to get outc1432
tryc1440
extraya1450
out-have1458
to take fortha1550
extract1570
reave1640
eliciate1651
roust1658
uncork1740
to put out of ——1779
to break out1840
1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen p. xlix To uncork the Plugs, and concreted Recrements, that stop the Mouths of the perspiratory Glands.
Derivatives
unˈcorker n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > serving liquor > uncorker of bottle
uncorker1855
bottle openera1868
1855 R. Owen Let. 27 July in Life (1894) II. i. 8 The uncorker uncorks the bottle.
unˈcorking n.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [noun] > action or process of opening > opening by removing obstruction > by removing bung or cork
unbunging1743
uncorking1881
1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel I. 250 She sat..sipping her lemonade, half of which had been lost in the process of uncorking.
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