Full Answer. 1  Observe the cork shape The cork is flared so that the larger end extends from the bottle and seals it. 2  Insert the cork Holding the wine bottle in one hand and the cork in the other, insert the narrow end into the neck while slowly twisting it.
Learner's definition of FAMILY. 1. a : a group of people who are related to each other. â This sense of family can refer to a group that consists of parents and their children or it can refer to a bigger group of related people including grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. It is often used specifically of a group of related people who live together in one house. [count]
1 family (n.) 2  early 15c., servants of a household, from Latin familia family servants, domestics collectively, the servants in a household, thus also members of a household, the estate, property; the household, including relatives and servants, abstract noun formed from famulus servant, slave, which is of unknown origin.