CORKSCREWS Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

corkscrews

verb

present tense third-person singular of corkscrew

as in pulls

to draw out by force or with effort practically every word had to be corkscrewed out of the tight-lipped witness

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as in curls

to follow a circular or spiral course the trail corkscrews through dense woods to the top of the steep hill

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straightens

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Williams pulls even with Steffi Graf for the most major championships in the Open era, which began in 1968.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
That pulls an internal audit into architecture decisions far earlier than anyone is used to.

— Rahul Bhatia, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of pulls

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Visitors are typically brought by elevator to the uppermost exhibition level and then follow a broad, gently descending ramp that coils around a central void.

— Bridget Borgobello May 30, New Atlas, 30 May 2026
When startled, the snake coils its body into a figure-eight shape or raises its tail to mimic another head and confuse predators.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026

Definition of coils

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There are swooping close encounters with heavenly bodies, Lego blocks in antigravity mode and swarms of Separators, a sort of astro-anthropomorphic version of the tool that pries apart Lego bricks in real life.

— Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2026
The show’s biggest laugh may come when Testa pries open Costanzo’s mouth and pronounces just how many performances of Norma Galas has left.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025

Definition of pries

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The dress boasted a delicate skirt that flowed in every direction as Johnson braved the New York City winds.

— Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 3 July 2026
From here the route winds south past the town of Telluride, with its legendary skiing and film, jazz and bluegrass festivals, and out to Mesa Verde National Park, where Puebloan people carved gorgeous cliff dwellings in the buttes and gorges.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026

Definition of winds

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So instead of getting magnesium that has been smelted via the Pidgeon process, Lola extracts the stuff from seawater via electrolysis, powered by solar.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026
Those contracts call for Next Hydrogen to design and deliver an electrolyzer that extracts tritium from heavy water, a critical process for preparing fuel used in future fusion reactors.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 June 2026

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