SCOOP OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scoop out mean? 

• SCOOP OUT (verb)
  The verb SCOOP OUT has 2 senses:

1. hollow out with a scoop

2. take out or up with or as if with a scoop

  Familiarity information: SCOOP OUT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCOOP OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hollow out with a scoop

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

scoop out a melon

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

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

lift out; scoop; scoop out; scoop up; take up

Context example:

scoop the sugar out of the container

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

 Context examples 

As the receding wave swept back with a hoarse roar, it seemed to scoop out deep caves in the beach, as if its purpose were to undermine the earth.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)