cork up

mettre en bouteille

Mettre quelque chose dans une bouteille et la fermer avec un bouchon de liège.

En anglais simple : To put something in a bottle and close it with a cork.

• We corked up the cider.
• She corked up the homemade wine for winter.
• They corked up the remaining juice in small bottles.

Comment l'utiliser : cork something up in something (We corked the wine up in glass bottles.)

Synonymes : bottle, bottle up

Expressions courantes : cork up the wine, cork up something, cork up some cider

boucher, obturer

Fermer un trou ou une ouverture avec du liège ou un objet similaire.

En anglais simple : To close a hole or opening with a cork or a similar object.

• Cork up that hole.
• He corked up the pipe to stop the leak.
• We corked up the opening with a rubber plug.

Comment l'utiliser : cork something up (She corked the leaking tube up.)

Synonymes : plug, stop up, block

Contraires : unblock

Expressions courantes : cork up a hole, cork up the pipe, cork up something

se taire, la fermer

Cesser de parler ou de faire du bruit.

En anglais simple : To stop talking or making noise.

• Cork up and listen!
• He told the noisy children to cork up.
• Will you cork up for a minute?

Synonymes : shut up, be quiet

Expressions courantes : cork up now, cork up in there, please cork up

faire taire

Faire cesser quelqu’un de parler ou de faire du bruit.

En anglais simple : To make someone stop talking or making noise.

• Someone needs to cork him up.
• Her sharp reply corked up the loudest guest.
• The chairman tried to cork up the heckler.

Comment l'utiliser : cork someone up (The warning finally corked him up.)

Synonymes : silence, shut up

Expressions courantes : cork up someone, cork someone up, cork up the heckler

refouler, réprimer

Garder en soi une émotion ou un désir intense au lieu de l’exprimer.

En anglais simple : To keep a strong feeling or desire inside instead of expressing it.

• He corked up his anger.
• She had corked up her feelings for years.
• Trying to cork up every emotion left him exhausted.

Comment l'utiliser : cork something up (He corked his frustration up until he was alone.)

Synonymes : bottle up, suppress, hold back

Contraires : express

Expressions courantes : cork up your anger, cork up something, cork up your feelings

remplir une batte de liège

Mettre du liège dans une batte de baseball ou utiliser une batte ainsi modifiée.

En anglais simple : To put cork inside a baseball bat, or use a bat changed in this way.

• He corked up his bat.
• The umpire suspected that the hitter had been corking up.
• Players who cork up risk being banned.

Comment l'utiliser : cork up something (The player had corked up the bat before the match.)

Synonymes : cork

Expressions courantes : cork up a bat, cork up before games, cork up illegally