verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

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

   "uncork a bottle of wine"

2. 2
   draw the cork from (bottles) wordnet
3. 3
   To release. transitive

   "The 11 September attacks uncorked a whirlwind of outlandish conspiracy theories."

4. 4
   release a feeling wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

barecleardeobstructdiscloseexposefree

Antonyms

All antonyms

cork

Example

More examples

"Tom finally managed to uncork the bottle."

Etymology

From un- + cork.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.