corkscrew
verb/ˈkɔːkskruː/
/ˈkɔːrkskruː/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they corkscrew | /ˈkɔːkskruː/ /ˈkɔːrkskruː/ |
| he / she / it corkscrews | /ˈkɔːkskruːz/ /ˈkɔːrkskruːz/ |
| past simple corkscrewed | /ˈkɔːkskruːd/ /ˈkɔːrkskruːd/ |
| past participle corkscrewed | /ˈkɔːkskruːd/ /ˈkɔːrkskruːd/ |
| -ing form corkscrewing | /ˈkɔːkskruːɪŋ/ /ˈkɔːrkskruːɪŋ/ |
- (+ adv./prep) to move in a particular direction while turning in circles
- The path corkscrews down through the trees.
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