Cork Up (Verb)
Meaning
Close a bottle with a cork.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The waiter carefully corked up the wine bottle after the guests finished dinner.
- She was asked to cork up the champagne bottle and put it in the fridge for later.
- The bartender knew how to cork up the whiskey bottle quickly and move on to the next drink.
- Before putting the bottle in her bag, she remembered to cork up the perfume tightly.
- The vintner carefully corked up the expensive bottle of wine and placed it in the cellar for aging.