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SCOOP OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hollow out with a scoop
Example:
scoop out a melon
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "scoop out" is one way to...):
core out; hollow; hollow out (remove the interior of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Take out or up with or as if with a scoop
Example:
scoop the sugar out of the container
Synonyms:
lift out; scoop; scoop out; scoop up; take up
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "scoop out" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "scoop out"):
dip (scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
