lift out
Definition
Verb: - To remove something from a place or container by using a scooping or upward motion. This action often involves using a tool like a spoon, shovel, or one's hands to take something out from within something else.
Usage
The verb "lift out" describes the action of extracting an object, often by getting underneath it and raising it. It implies the object was contained, embedded, or surrounded. - It is commonly used in cooking, gardening, and general manual tasks. - It is a separable phrasal verb (e.g., lift the cake out, lift it out).
Examples
Advanced Usage
- "lift out of": Often followed by the source container or material.
- The recipe instructs you to lift the fish out of the marinade before grilling.
- Used figuratively to describe removing someone from a difficult situation.
- The scholarship lifted her out of poverty and gave her hope.
Variants and Related Words
- Scoop out (phrasal verb): Very similar in meaning, emphasizing the use of a scooping motion. (e.g., )
- Remove (verb): A more general synonym.
- Extract (verb): Suggests a careful or deliberate removal, often from something it is stuck in.
Synonyms
- Take out
- Remove
- Extract
- Pick out
- Withdraw
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Take out: A more general term for removal.
- I need to take out the trash.
- Pull out: Emphasizes a pulling motion rather than lifting.
- He pulled out a drawer from the cabinet.
Related Idioms
- (To) lift [someone] out of the doldrums: To cheer someone up who is sad or depressed.
- The surprise party really lifted him out of the doldrums.
Verb
-
take out or up with or as if with a scoop
-
scoop the sugar out of the container
-
