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scoop

Main Entry:
scoop [skoop]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dig up; shovel
Synonyms: bail, clear away, dig, dig out, dip, empty, excavate, gather, gouge, grub, hollow, lade, ladle, lift, pick up, remove, scrape, spade, sweep away, sweep up, take up
Main Entry: dish out
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: distribute
Synonyms: allocate, deliver, dispense, dole out, fork over, furnish, give out, hand, hand out, hand over, inflict, ladle, mete out, present, produce, scoop, serve, serve up, spoon, supply, transfer, turn over
Antonyms: take
Main Entry: excavate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dig up
Synonyms: burrow, cut, delve, empty, gouge, grub, hollow, mine, quarry, scoop, scrape, shovel, spade, trench, tunnel, uncover, unearth
Antonyms: fill
Main Entry: hollow
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: empty out; make concave
Synonyms: channel, chase, corrugate, dent, dig, dish, ditch, excavate, furrow, gorge, groove, indent, notch, pit, rabbet, remove, rut, scoop, shovel, trench
Antonyms: fill, make convex, raise
Main Entry: mine
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dig up
Synonyms: burrow, delve, dig for, drill, excavate, extract, hew, pan, quarry, sap, scoop, shovel, unearth, work
Antonyms: bury
Main Entry: skim
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: remove the top part
Synonyms: brush, cream, dip, get the cream, glance, graze, ladle, ream, scoop, separate, shave, top
Notes: peruse means examine or consider with attention and in detail; skim means examine hastily
Antonyms: pour
Main Entry: shovel
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: digging tool
Synonyms: digger, excavator, scoop, spade, trowel
Main Entry: lade
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dip
Synonyms: bail, baptize, bathe, douse, drench, duck, dunk, heap, immerse, irrigate, ladle, lave, load, lower, moisten, pitch, plunge, rinse, scoop, slop, slosh, soak, souse, splash*, steep, submerge, submerse, wash, water, wet
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Depression.
Category: 4. Motion with reference to direction
Synonyms:
-verbs
depress, lower, let down, take down, let down a peg, take down a peg; cast; let drop, let fall; sink, debase, bring low, abase, reduce, detrude, pitch, precipitate., overthrow, overturn, overset; upset, subvert, prostate, level, fell; cast down, take down, throw down, fling down, dash down, pull down, cut down, knock down, hew down; rase to the ground; trample in the dust, pull about one's ears., sit, sit down; couch, squat, crouch, stoop, bend, bow; courtesy, curtsy; bob, duck, dip, kneel; bend the knee, bow the knee, bend the head, bow the head; cower; recline (be horizontal).
Antonyms: elevation
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