Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cork
Participle: corked
Gerund: corking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | cork |
| you | cork |
| he;she;it | corks |
| we | cork |
| you | cork |
| they | cork |
Perfect
| I | have corked |
| you | have corked |
| he;she;it | has corked |
| we | have corked |
| you | have corked |
| they | have corked |
Past
| I | corked |
| you | corked |
| he;she;it | corked |
| we | corked |
| you | corked |
| they | corked |
Pluperfect
| I | had corked |
| you | had corked |
| he;she;it | had corked |
| we | had corked |
| you | had corked |
| they | had corked |
Future
| I | will cork |
| you | will cork |
| he;she;it | will cork |
| we | will cork |
| you | will cork |
| they | will cork |
Future Perfect
| I | will have corked |
| you | will have corked |
| he;she;it | will have corked |
| we | will have corked |
| you | will have corked |
| they | will have corked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cork |
| you | cork |
| he;she;it | cork |
| we | cork |
| you | cork |
| they | cork |
Perfect
| I | have corked |
| you | have corked |
| he;she;it | have corked |
| we | have corked |
| you | have corked |
| they | have corked |
Imperfect
| I | corked |
| you | corked |
| he;she;it | corked |
| we | corked |
| you | corked |
| they | corked |
Pluperfect
| I | had corked |
| you | had corked |
| he;she;it | had corked |
| we | had corked |
| you | had corked |
| they | had corked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cork |
| you | would cork |
| he;she;it | would cork |
| we | would cork |
| you | would cork |
| they | would cork |
Perfect
| I | would have corked |
| you | would have corked |
| he;she;it | would have corked |
| we | would have corked |
| you | would have corked |
| they | would have corked |
Imperative
| you | cork |
| we | Let's cork |
| you | cork |
Verbs conjugated like 'cork'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'cork'
bork,
cark,
coak,
cock,
conk,
cook,
cord,
core,
corn,
fork,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to keep under control
- behedge, bind, chasten, check, contain, curb, curtail, dampen, hamshackle, limit, repress, restrain, restrict, shackle, stay, stifle, stop, straiten, suppress, throttle, withhold, withstrain
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1303, from Sp. alcorque "cork sole," prob. from Ar. al-qurq, ult. from L. quercus "oak" or cortex (gen. corticis) "bark." The verb "to stop with a cork" is from 1650; hence slang corker "something that closes a discussion" (1837). Corkscrew is from 1720; the verb is from 1837.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-
4. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-
5. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-sder.
6. Latin cortexder.?
7. ▲
8. Latin cortexder.
9. Mozarabic *kórčo, *kórčeder.?
10. Spanish corchobor.
11. Middle Dutch curcder.
12. Middle English cork
13. English cork
14. From Middle English cork (“oak bark, cork”), from Middle Dutch curc (“cork (material or object)”), either from Spanish corcho (“cork (material or object)”) (also corcha or corche) or from Old Spanish alcorque (“cork sole”). Doublet of cortex.
Sample Sentences
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2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text
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Arms draped on shoulders, kick-stepping in circles, they swing bottles of wine. Purpled thumbs cork the bottles. The wine leaps and jumps behind green glass.
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He corked his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy.
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Apparently I used to have some good power even though I was little, but the team we were playing against thought I had corked the bat. I kid you not! They paid $200 to have the bat popped off to prove they were right. [2012, Kevin Neary, Leigh A. Tobin, Major League Dads:]
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The vicious tackle corked his leg.
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Injuries, which seemed to be of an inconsequential nature, were often sustained, such as a sprained ankle, a dislocated phalanx, a twisted foot, a corked leg and so on. [2006, Joseph N. Santamaria, The Education of Dr Joe, page 60:]
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As he moved away again, William winced at an ache in his thigh.
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‘Must have corked my leg when I got up,’ he thought. [2007, Shaun A. Saunders, Navigating in the New World, page 202:]
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“I′m okay. I must have corked my thigh when Bruce fell onto me. I′ll be fine.” [2008, Christopher J. Holcroft, Canyon, page 93:]
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2010, Andrew Stojanovski, Dog Ear Cafe, large print 16pt, page 191,
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Much to my relief he had only corked his leg when he had jumped.
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I corked my thigh late in the game, which we won, and came off. [2010, Ben Cousins, Ben Cousins: My Life Story, page 108:]
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Kate remembered then, the family fish camp a mile or so up Amartuq Creek, the very creek across the mouth of which Yuri Andreev had tried to cork Joe Anahonak not half an hour before. [1998, Dana Stabenow, Killing Grounds, →ISBN, page 8:]
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But its soon apparent that there are more boats than fish—at least for the moment. We all drift quietly, keeping an eye out for other boats and other nets. Corking another guy's net is a screaming—bastard offense. [2003, George Lowe, Fisherman: The Strife and Times of Ronald K. Peterson of Ballard, →ISBN:]
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You're pissed if someone sets too close to you and especially if he sets his net right along yours, "corking" you and intercepting the fish that seem headed to your own net. I was close to this guy's outside net, but definitely not corking him. [2008, Bert Bender, Catching the Ebb: Drift-fishing for a Life in Cook Inlet, →ISBN, page 249:]
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[…] corking the streets is a challenge to capitalist ideologies, like skateboarding in parking lots and walkways […] [2022, Victoria A. Newsom, Lara Martin Lengel, Embodied Activisms, page 70:]