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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
uncork
verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Ray uncorked the bottle and offered me a glass of wine.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ As the wine was uncorked and Vitor was invited to sample it, Ashley's gaze swung away.
▪ But investors should uncork the bubbly only if they have already banked their profits.
▪ Hardly a month goes by without an event having you uncorking the champagne or counting your remaining blessings.
▪ He uncorked one of the bottles on the altar and swigged from it.
▪ He peeled the paper off the cap and uncorked the whiskey.
▪ Neither company has uncorked its marketing just yet, but enthusiast Web sites are already buzzing with commentary and rumors.
▪ On the third night, she went up ahead while he uncorked a bottle and shared it with the desk clerk.
▪ Usually, you could judge both your status and her current opinion of you by what was uncorked.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Uncork

Uncork \Un*cork"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + cork.] To draw the cork from; as, to uncork a bottle.

Wiktionary
uncork

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To open (a bottle or other container sealed with a cork or stopper) by removing the cork or stopper from. 2 (context transitive English) To release.

WordNet
uncork

  1. v. release; "uncork his anger"

  2. draw the cork from (bottles); "uncork the French wine" [ant: cork]

Usage examples of "uncork".

Patriarch set the burning censer on the table, then uncorked the crystal ampulla that hung on a chain around his neck, a tiny phial with many facets that contained a blood-red liquid.

He bustled about with them at the woodpile, uncorked bottles of beer, cursed, laughed loudly and tried his best to resemble them.

But now as lvrian smiled at last, the Mouser relaxed with relief, fetched two silver cups and two silver mugs, carefully selected a bottle of violet wine, then with a grin at Fafhrd uncorked instead one of the jugs the North- erner had brought, and near-brimmed the four gleaming vessels and served them all four.

He pushed the map away, uncorked his canteen, and took a drink of cold tea.

Bicce pitched back her head and uncorked another howl even more soulful, and frankly frightening, than the first.

Then he cautiously uncorked a small bottle of dark blue glass and shook a spoonful of white crystals onto the middle of the handkerchief.

He uncorked his waterskin and tipped a little into his hand, splashed it on to his face and the back of his neck, then drank.

Corax to row them towards the centre of the Piscina and when they reached it he handed him the torch, uncorked the bottle and rolled up the sleeves of his tunic.

He selected a bottle of Benedictine, uncorked it and put his nose to it.

On the other side of the table Babcott had uncorked the small, unlabeled bottle and now he poured some of the yellowish oily liquid onto a thick linen pad.

She uncorked the wormspoor with trembling fingers, took a great gulp, and coughed again as the blood shocked through her.

His eyes still toward the window, he uncorked the bottle, raised it to his lips.

In her hands was a small, round tray on which stood a not yet started, but already uncorked, bottle of champagne and two glasses, no more nor less.

The room was in disorder, the bed was not made, clothes were strewn about, on the table were glasses with drunk coffee, bread crumbs, and a bottle of champagne, half-finished, uncorked, with a glass beside it.

Rose set her rifle against the trunk of a cypress, settled tailor-fashion beside it, and uncorked her water-gourd as January slung the bundle of their food to the ground.