different between uncork vs uncook

English

Etymology

un- +? cork.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)k

Verb

uncork (third-person singular simple present uncorks, present participle uncorking, simple past and past participle uncorked)

1. (transitive) To open (a bottle or other container sealed with a cork or stopper) by removing the cork or stopper from.

   uncork a bottle of wine
2. (transitive) To release.
   • 2002, The Middle East (issues 319-329, page 10)

     The 11 September attacks uncorked a whirlwind of outlandish conspiracy theories.

Translations

English

Etymology

un- +? cook

Pronunciation

Verb

uncook (third-person singular simple present uncooks, present participle uncooking, simple past and past participle uncooked)

1. (transitive) To undo the act of cooking.
   • 2019, Andy Brennan, Uncultivated (page 65)

     You can't uncultivate anything, in the same way you can't uncook your food.

2. (computing, slang, transitive) To repair (an MP3 audio file) that has been damaged ("cooked") by being converted through a text format and having line breaks applied to it.
   • 1999, "y2kilroy", New Freeware Utility to uncook mp3's! (discussion on Internet newsgroup alt.music.mp3)

     Hi all! I have developed a freeware utility to uncook MP3's...

   • 2000, "Xorys", Creating audio CD from mp3 files (discussion on Internet newsgroup alt.music.mp3)

     If you "uncook" a file that isn't "cooked" you will just mess it up (and I don't know of any way to fix it then) - so uncooking should be used with caution (I'd suggest never over-writing the original file).