scoop out
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Definition
- Verb (transitive):
- To remove something from a container or area using a scooping or digging motion. This often implies using a tool like a spoon, ladle, or hands cupped together to lift and extract material.
- To hollow or carve out the inside of something, creating a cavity or removing the contents.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- Please scoop out three cups of flour from the bag.
- The child used a small shovel to scoop out sand and build a castle.
- The first step in the recipe is to scoop out the seeds from the pumpkin.
- He carefully scooped out the rotten part of the apple with a knife.
Advanced Usage
- Figurative Use: Can be used metaphorically to describe taking or winning something decisively.
- The new company scooped out a large portion of the market share from its competitors.
Variants and Related Words
- Scoop (verb/noun): The base word. As a verb, it means to pick up or move with a scooping action. As a noun, it is the tool used for scooping.
- She used an ice cream scoop to scoop the dessert into a bowl.
- Scooped (adjective): Describes something that has been hollowed out or has a concave shape.
- The scooped neckline of her dress was very elegant.
Synonyms
- Remove: To take away.
- Extract: To take or pull out, often with effort.
- Gouge out: To force or cut something out, often creating a rough hole.
- Ladle out: To remove liquid or food with a ladle (a type of scoop).
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Scoop up: To lift something quickly or in large amounts with a scooping motion. This often implies collecting from a surface rather than from within a container.
- She scooped up the papers that had fallen on the floor.
Related Idioms
- (To) Scoop the pool: To win all the prizes or everything of value available.
- Their team scooped the pool at the science fair, winning first, second, and third place.
Verb
- take out or up with or as if with a scoop
- scoop the sugar out of the container
- hollow out with a scoop
- scoop out a melon