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Cork
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- 1 Having the property of a head over heels rotation. not-comparable
- 1 The principal city of County Cork, Ireland.
- 2 A county in the Republic of Ireland (County Cork).
- 1 The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water. uncountable
- 2 An aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.
- 3 a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line wordnet
- 4 The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.; The phellem of the cork oak, used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material. countable, uncountable
"I confess my confidence was shaken by these actions, though I knew well enough that his leg was no more cork than my own"
- 5 the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle) wordnet
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- 6 A bottle stopper made from this or any other material. countable, uncountable
"Snobs feel it's hard to call it wine with a straight face when the cork is made of plastic."
- 7 outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc. wordnet
- 8 An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork. countable, uncountable
- 9 (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells wordnet
- 10 The cork oak, Quercus suber. countable, uncountable
- 1 To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper. transitive
"2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Arms draped on shoulders, kick-stepping in circles, they swing bottles of wine. Purpled thumbs cork the bottles. The wine leaps and jumps behind green glass."
- 2 To perform such a maneuver.
- 3 stuff with cork wordnet
- 4 To blacken (as) with a burnt cork. transitive
- 5 close a bottle with a cork wordnet
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- 6 To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.
- 7 To fill with cork.
- 8 To fill with cork.; To tamper with (a bat) by drilling out part of the head and filling the cavity with cork or similar light, compressible material. transitive
"He corked his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy."
- 9 To injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma. Australia, transitive
"The vicious tackle corked his leg."
- 10 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.
"Kate remembered then, the family fish camp a mile or so up Amartuq Creek, the very creek across the mouth of which Yuri Andreev had tried to cork Joe Anahonak not half an hour before."
- 11 To block (a street) illegally, to allow a protest or other activity to take place without traffic. transitive
"[…] corking the streets is a challenge to capitalist ideologies, like skateboarding in parking lots and walkways […]"
Etymology
From 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 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.
From the traversal path resembling that of a corkscrew.
From the traversal path resembling that of a corkscrew.
From Irish Corcaigh (“bog, marsh, swamp”).
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