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View definitions for scoop out

scoop out

verb as in burrow

Strongest match

Weak match

verb as in deepen

Strongest match

Weak matches

verb as in tunnel

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Example Sentences

Another method, recorded in 1735, was to scoop out the pulp, mix it with chopped apples and sugar, bake this in the hollowed pumpkin, then eat it spread on bread.

From Salon

As we speak the spring runs dry, meaning Ms Mosiyoa is left to scoop out the remaining water from a litter-filled, stagnant pool.

From BBC

During naturalist programs at the beach, ranger-naturalists would often scoop out a glass full of creek water, calling it ‘Ruby Beach’ or ‘cedar tea.’

Seeing that excavator take that first scoop out of the dam, she said, “it feels like I can take a deep breath now.”

He scooped out the dirt, exposing the open graves of more than 280 Native Americans, many of whom had been buried among their possessions, and began charging admission, making it a roadside tourist stop.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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