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uncorking

uncorking is the present participle and gerund of uncork.

Meaning of uncork

Verb

uncork (third-person singular simple present uncorks, present participle uncorking, simple past and past participle uncorked)

  1. (transitive) To open (a bottle or other container sealed with a cork or stopper) by removing the cork or stopper from.
    • uncork a bottle of wine
  2. (transitive) To release.
    • The 11 September attacks uncorked a whirlwind of outlandish conspiracy theories.2002, The Middle East, numbers 319-329, page 10

Noun

uncorking (countable and uncountable, plural uncorkings)

  1. The removal of a cork from a bottle or similar.

Forms of uncorking

pluraluncorkings

Questions about uncorking

What does uncorking mean?
Uncorking means the removal of a cork from a bottle or similar.
What is uncorking the present participle and gerund of?
Uncorking is the present participle and gerund of uncork.
What part of speech is uncorking?
Uncorking is a noun.
What is the plural of uncorking?
The plural of uncorking is uncorkings.

Words near uncorking in the dictionary

  1. uncork
  2. uncorkable
  3. uncorked
  4. uncorker
  5. uncorkers
  6. uncorking
  7. uncorkings
  8. uncorks
  9. uncorned
  10. uncornered
  11. uncorniced

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