SCOOP OUT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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:

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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:

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