noun

• (botany, uncountable) The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.
• (botany, uncountable) The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.
  "I confess my confidence was shaken by these actions, though I knew well enough that his leg was no more cork than my own"

verb

• (transitive) To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.
  "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 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."
• (transitive) To blacken (as) with a burnt cork.
• To fill with cork.
  "He corked his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy."
• (transitive, Australia) To injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma.
  "The vicious tackle corked his leg."

noun

• (snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding) An aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.

verb

• (snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding) To perform such a maneuver.