Antonyms of verb cork

1 of 2 senses of cork

Sense 1
cork, cork up -- (close a bottle with a cork)
       Antonym of uncork (Sense 2)
      => uncork -- (draw the cork from (bottles); "uncork the French wine")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cork

2 senses of cork

Sense 1
cork, cork up -- (close a bottle with a cork)
       => plug, stop up, secure -- (fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak")

Sense 2
cork -- (stuff with cork; "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter")
       => stuff -- (fill tightly with a material; "stuff a pillow with feathers")

Antonyms of adj corked

1 sense of corked

Sense 1
corked, corky -- ((of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin; "a corked port")

INDIRECT (VIA bad) -> good -- (having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified; "good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"; "when she was good she was very very good"; "a good knife is one good for cutting"; "this stump will make a good picnic table"; "a good check"; "a good joke"; "a good exterior paint"; "a good secretary"; "a good dress for the office")

Similarity of adj corked

1 sense of corked

Sense 1
corked, corky -- ((of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin; "a corked port")
       => bad (vs. good) -- (having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice")

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