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Definition of cork verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cork

verb
 
/kɔːk/
 
/kɔːrk/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they cork
 
/kɔːk/
 
/kɔːrk/
he / she / it corks
 
/kɔːks/
 
/kɔːrks/
past simple corked
 
/kɔːkt/
 
/kɔːrkt/
past participle corked
 
/kɔːkt/
 
/kɔːrkt/
-ing form corking
 
/ˈkɔːkɪŋ/
 
/ˈkɔːrkɪŋ/
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  1. cork something to close a bottle with a cork opposite uncork
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Dutch and Low German kork, from Spanish alcorque ‘cork-soled sandal’, from Arabic al- ‘the’ and (probably) Spanish Arabic qurq, qorq, based on Latin quercus ‘oak, cork oak’.
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