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noun | verb corkcork1 /kɔrk/ noun ETYMOLOGYcork1Origin: 1200-1300 Probably from Arabic qurq, from Latin cortex; ➔ CORTEX 1 [uncountable] the bark (=outer part) of a tree that grows in southern Europe and North Africa, used to make things: a cork bulletin board2[countable] a long round piece of cork that is put into the top of a bottle, especially a wine bottle, to keep liquid inside noun | verb corkcork2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEcork |
Present | I, you, we, they | cork | | he, she, it | corks | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | corked | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have corked | | he, she, it | has corked | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had corked | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will cork | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have corked |
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Present | I | am corking | | he, she, it | is corking | | you, we, they | are corking | Past | I, he, she, it | was corking | | you, we, they | were corking | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been corking | | he, she, it | has been corking | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been corking | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be corking | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been corking |
to close a bottle by blocking the hole at the top tightly with a long round piece of cork OPP uncork |