Uncork

Definition: Uncork

Uncork

Verb

1. Release, as of emotions.

2. Draw the cork from (bottles); "uncork the French wine".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "uncork" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references)

Liberation

Unfetter; untie; loose; (disjoin); loosen, relax; unbolt, unbar, unclose, uncork, unclog, unhand, unbind, unchain, unharness, unleash; disengage, disentangle; clear, extricate, unloose.

Books

• Uncork It: How to Be a Wine Expert Overnight (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Economic History

China

The future may be brighter as affluent coastal cities begin to dramatically increase environmental spending, multinational investors uncork new sources of demand, and municipalities experiment with new project financing models. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Albanian

lëshoj (cede, concede, dart, depasture, discharge, ease, effuse, emit, exhale, fetch, fire, flop, get off, give, give off, give out, give rise to, heave, heave a sigh, issue, let, let fall, let go, let loose, let off, pay, project, radiate, relieve, send, set on, shed, shoot, sluice, throw down, touch off, trip, unbrace, unbridle, uncouple, unleash, unmuzzle, unrein, untuck, utter), heq tapën (unstop), hap (anatomize, cave, detect, dig, disclose, display, dissect, distribute, drive, expand, footstep, inaugurate, move, open, open up, pace, peg, pitch, remove, roll out, spread, start, step, stretch, strew, turn down, turn on, unblock, unbolt, unbosom, uncap, unclasp, unclench, unclose, uncover, undo, undraw, unfurl, unhook, unlatch, unlock, unreel, unseal, unshutter, unwrap, walk). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نزع السدادة (unstop), ‏حرر (cast off, clear, decontrol, deliver, detach, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate, free, grant freedom, liberate, manumit, open, phrase, redact, redeem, release, rescue, rid, set at large, set free, set loose, subedit, unchain, unleash, unlock, unstitch). (various references)

Bulgarian 

освобождавам (discharge, disencumber, disengage, dispense, emancipate, enfranchise, exempt, extricate, free, give off, let loose, liberate, loose, make free, manumit, redeem, release, remit, rescue, set free, turn off, unbar, unbind, unburden, unfasten, unhand, unloose, unpen, unshackle, vacate), отпушвам (clear, open, unclog, unstop), отприщвам (free, loosen, unjam, unleash, unstop), пускам (admit, bleed, cast off, course, discharge, dismiss, drive, drop, float, fly, give off, grow, issue, let, let fall, let go, let loose, mail, play, push out, put forth, put on, put out, release, rip out, run, send forth, slip, start, start up, throw in, turn out, unhand, unleash). (various references)

Czech

otevřít (begin, inaugurate, open, start, start up, throw, unbar, unbolt, unclose, undo, unlock, unseal), odzátkovat (unplug, unstop). (various references)

Danish

trække op (strech, wind up), afproppe (to uncork). (various references)

Dutch

ontkurken (to uncork). (various references)

Farsi 

چوب پنبه بطری رابرداشتن , رهاکردن (Abandon, Bolt, Disentangle, Dispossess, Drop, Extricate, Lax, Leave, Let, Liberate, Loose, Release, Surrender, Unbend, Uncouple, Unfasten, Unfix, Unfold, Unhand, Unhook, Unleash, Unloose, Unsling). (various references)

Finnish

avata (inaugurate, open, switch on, turn on, unbuckle, unbutton, undo, unfasten, unhook, unlock, unstrap, untie, unwrap). (various references)

French

enlever le bouchon (unstop), déboucher (unblock, unstop). (various references)

German

entkorken (to uncork). (various references)

Greek 

ξεβουλώνω μπουκάλι, εκπωματίζω (to uncork), ανοίγω (cleave, open, swing open, switch on, to open, turn on, unbar, unbolt, unclose). (various references)

Hebrew 

לחלץ את �"פקק. (various references)

Hungarian

dugót kihúz (to pull a cork). (various references)

Italian

stappare (unstop). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

� "�'抜く (to uncork a bottle). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

せ�"�'ぬく (to uncork a bottle). (various references)

Manx

goaill yn eirkey ass. (various references)

Pig Latin

orkuncay.(various references)

Portuguese

tirar a rolha a (unstop), desarrolhar (unstop), dar livre curso a (unbridle). (various references)

Romanian

scoate dopul, destupa (clear, crack), deschide (break away, broach, commence, crack, cut, indict, lead, lead off, let in, open, open up, start, unfasten, unfold, unlock, unseal, unstop). (various references)

Russian 

раскупоривать (open), откупорить, откупоривать (unstop), давать выход (wreak). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

otpušiti (unstop), otčepiti (unplug, unstop), izvući zapušač, davati oduška. (various references)

Spanish

descorchar (to uncork). (various references)

Swedish

korka upp (uncap). (various references)

Turkish

tıpasını çıkarmak (unstop), göstermek (adduce, betoken, demonstrate, denote, depict, designate, disclose, display, evidence, exercise, exhibit, expose, hold up, indicate, initiate, introduce, look, manifest, point, point out, point to, produce, prove, put forth, register, represent, run, set out, shew, show, show off, show up, signify, speak, stamp, table, teach, trot out), atmak (affix, beat, blow, blow out, cashier, cast, cast away, cast off, catapult, chuck, chuck away, chuck out, dart, dash, deliver, discharge, doff, draw the longbow, drop, eject, elbow out, elbow smb. out, eliminate, fabricate, fetch, fib, flash, fling, fling away, fling out, fuse, fuze, give a kick, heave, hurl, inflict, insert, invent, junk, launch, let fly, loose, loose off, order off, peg, peg at, pelt, pitch, precipitate, project, pulsate, pulse, put, scutch, send, shoot, shoot out, shy, sling, tell a fib, tell lies, throw, throw away, throw into, toss, utter, void), açığa vurmak (betray, disclose, divulge, evince, express, externalize, give vent to, lay bare, let on, reveal, spill, uncloak, unclose, unseal, unveil, utter, vent, ventilate, yield, yield up). (various references)

Ukrainian

розшифровувати (decipher, decode, unscramble), відкорковувати, давати вихід (debouch, outlet, wreak). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "uncork": uncorked, uncorking, uncorks. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Uncork" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: kunchok, uccor, ucok, uncert, uncock, uncook, uncrock, unock. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: cornu, korun.

-2 letters: conk, cork, corn, curn, knur, nock, rock, ruck, unco.

-3 letters: con, cor, cur, kor, nor, orc, our, roc, run, urn.

-4 letters: no, nu, on, or, un.

+1 letter: uncorks, unfrock.

+2 letters: cornhusk, crankous, uncorked, unfrocks.

+3 letters: buckthorn, cankerous, cornhusks, rockbound, rockhound, roughneck, uncorking, unfrocked.

+4 letters: background, buckthorns, cornhusker, knockwurst, moonstruck, outrocking, rockhounds, roughnecks, soundtrack, unfrocking.

+5 letters: backcountry, backgrounds, computernik, cornhuskers, cornhusking, countersink, countersunk, cupronickel, knockwursts, outtricking, soundtracks.