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A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping
liquids; a utensil for bailing boats. |
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A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and
dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a
dredging machine. |
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A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain
substances or foreign bodies. |
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A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow. |
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A sweep; a stroke; a swoop. |
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The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a
motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling. |
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To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out. |
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To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry. |
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To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out;
to form by digging or excavation. |
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