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noun
- A spoon for serving food.
- A waitress or waiter.
- (computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
- A tray for dishes.
- (tennis, volleyball) The player who serves the ball.
- (Christianity) A priest's attendant at the celebration of the Eucharist.
- (computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
- (social media) A community space where only those who joined it can communicate in channels.
- (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
- (court games) the player who serves to start a point
- utensil used in serving food or drink
- a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
noun
- a spoon larger than a dessert spoon; used for serving
- (Canada, US) A large spoon, used for eating food from a bowl.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Northern UK) A spoon too large for eating, usually used for cooking or serving.
- as much as a tablespoon will hold
- (cooking) A unit of volume, the value of which varies regionally; in the US: three teaspoons or one half fluid ounce or roughly 15 ml; in Britain and Canada: exactly 15 ml; in Russia 18 ml; in Australia: four teaspoons or 20 ml.
verb
- To serve using a spoon; to transfer (something) with a spoon.
- scoop up or take up with a spoon
- Alternative form of spoom.
- (transitive) To catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait.
- (tennis, golf, croquet) To hit (the ball) weakly, pushing it with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock.
- (intransitive) To fish with a concave spoon bait.
- (transitive or intransitive, informal, of persons) To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons.
- snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others
noun
- An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon.
- as much as a spoon will hold
- A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful.
- (slang) An oar.
- (dentistry, informal) A spoon excavator.
- (fishing) A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a tablespoon.
- An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
- (US, military) A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.
- (slang) A metaphoric unit of finite physical and mental energy available for daily activities, especially in the context of living with chronic illness or disability.
- A South African shrub of the genus Spatalla.
- formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face
- a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
noun
- the bowl (or head) of a spoon
- (Australia, New Zealand, idiomatic, sports, chiefly Australian rules football, rugby league) A match between the last placed and second last placed team in an Australian sports league, derived from the fact that the team that finishes last is informally awarded the "wooden spoon"
- Alternative spelling of spoon-bowl.
verb
noun
adj
intj
noun
- The part of a spoon that holds content, as opposed to the handle.
- The round hollow part of anything.
- (bowls) The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.
- (sports, theater) An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.
- A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.
- The quantity of burnable content to be consumed in a pipe or bong.
- (geography) A round crater (or similar) in the ground.
- A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.
- (sports) The action of bowling a ball.
- (American football) A postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl)
- (cooking) A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl.
- Part of a pipe, bong, or other smoking implement that holds the material to be burned.
- As much as is held by a bowl.
- (typography) A rounded portion of a glyph that encloses empty space, as in the letters d and o.
- the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
- a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling
- a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco
- a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
- the quantity contained in a bowl
- a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding grains or liquids
- a concave shape with an open top
- a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods
- a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling
verb
- To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
- (intransitive) To play bowling or a similar game.
- To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.
- (intransitive) To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).
- (transitive) To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.
- roll (a ball)
- hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end
- engage in the sport of bowling
noun
noun
- A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting, or for serving food.
- a utensil with two or more prongs, used for serving or eating food
- Such a pronged tool having a long straight handle, generally for two-handed use, as used for digging, lifting, mucking, pitching, etc.
- (cycling, motorcycling, by abstraction from a pronged tool's shape) In a bicycle or motorcycle, the portion of the frameset holding the front wheel, allowing the rider to steer and balance, also called front fork.
- Any of several types of pronged tools for use on farms, in fields, or in the garden or lawn, such as a smaller hand fork for weeding or a larger one for turning over the soil.
- (mining) The bottom of a sump into which the water of a mine drains.
- (metonymic) Either of the (figurative) paths thus taken.
- (content management) Any of the pieces/versions of content thus created.
- (cryptocurrencies) A split in a blockchain resulting from protocol disagreements, or a branch of the blockchain resulting from such a split.
- (chess) The simultaneous attack of two adversary pieces with one single attacking piece (especially a knight).
- (figuratively, decision-making) A point in time where one has to make a decision between two life paths.
- (software) Any of the software projects resulting from the launch of such separate software development efforts based upon a copy of the original project.
- A tuning fork.
- (content management) The splitting of the coverage of a topic (within a corpus of content) into two or more pieces.
- (by abstraction, from the tool shape) A point where a waterway, such as a river or other stream, splits and flows into two (or more) different directions.
- (colloquial) A forklift.
- (British, vulgar) The crotch.
- Either of the blades of a forklift (or, in plural, the set of blades), on which the goods to be raised are loaded.
- (metonymic) Any of the pieces/versions (of software, content, or data sets) thus created.
- (computing, file systems) A set of data associated with an individual file in some file systems.
- (software) The launch of one or more separate software development efforts based upon a modified copy of an existing project, especially in free and open-source software.
- (metonymic, analogous to any prong of a pronged tool) One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow.
- (physical) An intersection in a road or path where one road is split into two.
- (figurative) A decision point.
- The upper front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.
- an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs
- the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
- the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
- the act of branching out or dividing into branches
verb
- (ambitransitive, software engineering) To launch a separate software development effort based upon a modified copy of an existing software project, especially in free and open-source software.
- (transitive) To move with a fork (as hay or food).
- (chess) To simultaneously attack two opposing pieces with a single attacking piece.
- (mining, transitive) To bale a shaft dry.
- (intransitive) To shoot into blades, as corn does.
- (ambitransitive, computing) To spawn a new child process by duplicating the existing process.
- (transitive, software engineering) To create a copy of a distributed version control repository.
- (transitive, British) To kick someone in the crotch.
- (transitive) Euphemistic form of fuck.
- (ambitransitive) To divide into two or more branches or copies.
- lift with a pitchfork
- shape like a fork
- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
- place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
noun
- A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
- (chiefly British) Oat porridge; oatmeal.
- (Malaysia, Singapore) Rice porridge; congee.
- (British, slang, uncountable) A prison sentence.
- (rare) A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.
- soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick
verb
- (intransitive) To help somebody (usually a baby or elder) to eat using a spoon; to feed using a spoon.
- (ambitransitive) To explain (something, to someone) in simple words; to explain (it, to them) in words of one syllable; to spell (it) out (for them).
- (transitive) To overly pamper or indulge (someone), so that they do not (or because they failed to) act or think for themselves.
- (transitive) To give (something) in an overly pampering way, so that the recipients do not (or because they failed to) act or think for themselves.
adv
adj
noun
- silverware eating utensils
- a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
- coins made of silver
- a light shade of grey
- a trophy made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition
- (collectively) Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.
- (collectively) Any items made from silver or any other white metal.
- (countable) a silver medal
- (uncountable) A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.
- (collectively) Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.
- (uncountable) A shiny gray color.
- Anything resembling silver; something shiny and white.
adj
- expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
- made from or largely consisting of silver
- having the white lustrous sheen of silver
- of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver
- Made from silver.
- Denoting the twenty-fifth anniversary, especially of a wedding.
- Made from another white metal.
- Pertaining or relating to elderly persons.
- Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.
- Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.
- (of commercial services) Premium, but inferior to gold.
verb
noun
- A small meal or snack.
- The act of biting.
- (printing) A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.
- The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.
- (television) Ellipsis of sound bite.
- (slang) Something unpleasant.
- (slang) A cut, a proportion of profits; an amount of money.
- (figuratively, uncountable) incisiveness, provocativeness, exactness.
- (slang) An act of plagiarism.
- (figuratively, uncountable) Aggression.
- (cricket) The turn that a spin bowler imparts to a pitch.
- A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
- The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
- The wound left behind after having been bitten.
- a strong odor or taste property
- a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
- (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- a light informal meal
- a portion removed from the whole
- a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
- wit having a sharp and caustic quality
- the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
verb
- (intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
- (intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
- (intransitive, figurative) To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
- (transitive, informal, vulgar) To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.
- (transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
- (intransitive) To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
- (intransitive) To take or keep a firm hold.
- (transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
- (transitive) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
- (intransitive) To have significant effect, often negative.
- (intransitive) To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To plagiarize, to imitate.
- (intransitive) To attack with the teeth.
- (stative, slang) To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
- (intransitive, transitive, of an insect) To sting.
- (intransitive, chiefly in the negative) To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
- penetrate or cut, as with a knife
- deliver a sting to
noun
- A sieve-like, slotted spoon.
- Synonym of water strider.
- A loose-fitting one-piece dress, similar to a shift but with slightly more fitting.
- Any of three species of bird, in the genus Rynchops of the family Laridae, that feed by skimming the surface of water bodies with their bills in flight.
- A ballet flat shoe.
- Any of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, such as the sea clam (Spisula solidissima) and large scallops.
- (naval) A sailor in the surface forces, as opposed to a submariner.
- (science fiction) A small, fast-moving spacecraft.
- (naval) A surface ship.
- (entomology) Any of the dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.
- A person who skims.
- A device for removing organic matter from an aquarium.
- (crime) A device used to read and record the magnetic code from a credit card for later fraudulent use.
- a rapid superficial reader
- gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food
- a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
- a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids
verb
noun
- A meal given to an animal.
- A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).
- (uncountable) The food provided or consumed at any such meal.
- The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
- An evening meal.
- A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.
- a party of people assembled to have dinner together
- the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
verb
noun
- as much as a dessert spoon will hold
- More generally, that volume of a substance which is contained within a dessert spoon.
- A unit of measure, being equivalent to two teaspoons or two-thirds of a tablespoon, or approximately 10 millilitres; a dessertspoonful.
- (rare) An item of cutlery; a spoon, larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon, used for eating dessert.
noun
- A spoon for serving food.
- A waitress or waiter.
- (computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
- A tray for dishes.
- (tennis, volleyball) The player who serves the ball.
- (Christianity) A priest's attendant at the celebration of the Eucharist.
- (computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
- (social media) A community space where only those who joined it can communicate in channels.
- (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
- (court games) the player who serves to start a point
- utensil used in serving food or drink
- a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
noun
- a spoon larger than a dessert spoon; used for serving
- (Canada, US) A large spoon, used for eating food from a bowl.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Northern UK) A spoon too large for eating, usually used for cooking or serving.
- as much as a tablespoon will hold
- (cooking) A unit of volume, the value of which varies regionally; in the US: three teaspoons or one half fluid ounce or roughly 15 ml; in Britain and Canada: exactly 15 ml; in Russia 18 ml; in Australia: four teaspoons or 20 ml.
noun
- the bowl (or head) of a spoon
- (Australia, New Zealand, idiomatic, sports, chiefly Australian rules football, rugby league) A match between the last placed and second last placed team in an Australian sports league, derived from the fact that the team that finishes last is informally awarded the "wooden spoon"
- Alternative spelling of spoon-bowl.
verb
- To serve using a spoon; to transfer (something) with a spoon.
- scoop up or take up with a spoon
- Alternative form of spoom.
- (transitive) To catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait.
- (tennis, golf, croquet) To hit (the ball) weakly, pushing it with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock.
- (intransitive) To fish with a concave spoon bait.
- (transitive or intransitive, informal, of persons) To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons.
- snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others
noun
- An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon.
- as much as a spoon will hold
- A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful.
- (slang) An oar.
- (dentistry, informal) A spoon excavator.
- (fishing) A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a tablespoon.
- An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
- (US, military) A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.
- (slang) A metaphoric unit of finite physical and mental energy available for daily activities, especially in the context of living with chronic illness or disability.
- A South African shrub of the genus Spatalla.
- formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face
- a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
noun
- The part of a spoon that holds content, as opposed to the handle.
- The round hollow part of anything.
- (bowls) The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.
- (sports, theater) An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.
- A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.
- The quantity of burnable content to be consumed in a pipe or bong.
- (geography) A round crater (or similar) in the ground.
- A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.
- (sports) The action of bowling a ball.
- (American football) A postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl)
- (cooking) A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl.
- Part of a pipe, bong, or other smoking implement that holds the material to be burned.
- As much as is held by a bowl.
- (typography) A rounded portion of a glyph that encloses empty space, as in the letters d and o.
- the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
- a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling
- a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco
- a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
- the quantity contained in a bowl
- a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding grains or liquids
- a concave shape with an open top
- a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods
- a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling
verb
- To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
- (intransitive) To play bowling or a similar game.
- To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.
- (intransitive) To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).
- (transitive) To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.
- roll (a ball)
- hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end
- engage in the sport of bowling
noun
noun
- A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting, or for serving food.
- a utensil with two or more prongs, used for serving or eating food
- Such a pronged tool having a long straight handle, generally for two-handed use, as used for digging, lifting, mucking, pitching, etc.
- (cycling, motorcycling, by abstraction from a pronged tool's shape) In a bicycle or motorcycle, the portion of the frameset holding the front wheel, allowing the rider to steer and balance, also called front fork.
- Any of several types of pronged tools for use on farms, in fields, or in the garden or lawn, such as a smaller hand fork for weeding or a larger one for turning over the soil.
- (mining) The bottom of a sump into which the water of a mine drains.
- (metonymic) Either of the (figurative) paths thus taken.
- (content management) Any of the pieces/versions of content thus created.
- (cryptocurrencies) A split in a blockchain resulting from protocol disagreements, or a branch of the blockchain resulting from such a split.
- (chess) The simultaneous attack of two adversary pieces with one single attacking piece (especially a knight).
- (figuratively, decision-making) A point in time where one has to make a decision between two life paths.
- (software) Any of the software projects resulting from the launch of such separate software development efforts based upon a copy of the original project.
- A tuning fork.
- (content management) The splitting of the coverage of a topic (within a corpus of content) into two or more pieces.
- (by abstraction, from the tool shape) A point where a waterway, such as a river or other stream, splits and flows into two (or more) different directions.
- (colloquial) A forklift.
- (British, vulgar) The crotch.
- Either of the blades of a forklift (or, in plural, the set of blades), on which the goods to be raised are loaded.
- (metonymic) Any of the pieces/versions (of software, content, or data sets) thus created.
- (computing, file systems) A set of data associated with an individual file in some file systems.
- (software) The launch of one or more separate software development efforts based upon a modified copy of an existing project, especially in free and open-source software.
- (metonymic, analogous to any prong of a pronged tool) One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow.
- (physical) An intersection in a road or path where one road is split into two.
- (figurative) A decision point.
- The upper front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.
- an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs
- the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
- the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
- the act of branching out or dividing into branches
verb
- (ambitransitive, software engineering) To launch a separate software development effort based upon a modified copy of an existing software project, especially in free and open-source software.
- (transitive) To move with a fork (as hay or food).
- (chess) To simultaneously attack two opposing pieces with a single attacking piece.
- (mining, transitive) To bale a shaft dry.
- (intransitive) To shoot into blades, as corn does.
- (ambitransitive, computing) To spawn a new child process by duplicating the existing process.
- (transitive, software engineering) To create a copy of a distributed version control repository.
- (transitive, British) To kick someone in the crotch.
- (transitive) Euphemistic form of fuck.
- (ambitransitive) To divide into two or more branches or copies.
- lift with a pitchfork
- shape like a fork
- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
- place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
noun
- A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
- (chiefly British) Oat porridge; oatmeal.
- (Malaysia, Singapore) Rice porridge; congee.
- (British, slang, uncountable) A prison sentence.
- (rare) A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.
- soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick
noun
- silverware eating utensils
- a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
- coins made of silver
- a light shade of grey
- a trophy made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition
- (collectively) Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.
- (collectively) Any items made from silver or any other white metal.
- (countable) a silver medal
- (uncountable) A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.
- (collectively) Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.
- (uncountable) A shiny gray color.
- Anything resembling silver; something shiny and white.
adj
- expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
- made from or largely consisting of silver
- having the white lustrous sheen of silver
- of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver
- Made from silver.
- Denoting the twenty-fifth anniversary, especially of a wedding.
- Made from another white metal.
- Pertaining or relating to elderly persons.
- Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.
- Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.
- (of commercial services) Premium, but inferior to gold.
verb
noun
- A small meal or snack.
- The act of biting.
- (printing) A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.
- The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.
- (television) Ellipsis of sound bite.
- (slang) Something unpleasant.
- (slang) A cut, a proportion of profits; an amount of money.
- (figuratively, uncountable) incisiveness, provocativeness, exactness.
- (slang) An act of plagiarism.
- (figuratively, uncountable) Aggression.
- (cricket) The turn that a spin bowler imparts to a pitch.
- A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
- The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
- The wound left behind after having been bitten.
- a strong odor or taste property
- a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
- (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- a light informal meal
- a portion removed from the whole
- a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
- wit having a sharp and caustic quality
- the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
verb
- (intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
- (intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
- (intransitive, figurative) To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
- (transitive, informal, vulgar) To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.
- (transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
- (intransitive) To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
- (intransitive) To take or keep a firm hold.
- (transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
- (transitive) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
- (intransitive) To have significant effect, often negative.
- (intransitive) To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To plagiarize, to imitate.
- (intransitive) To attack with the teeth.
- (stative, slang) To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
- (intransitive, transitive, of an insect) To sting.
- (intransitive, chiefly in the negative) To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
- penetrate or cut, as with a knife
- deliver a sting to
noun
- A sieve-like, slotted spoon.
- Synonym of water strider.
- A loose-fitting one-piece dress, similar to a shift but with slightly more fitting.
- Any of three species of bird, in the genus Rynchops of the family Laridae, that feed by skimming the surface of water bodies with their bills in flight.
- A ballet flat shoe.
- Any of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, such as the sea clam (Spisula solidissima) and large scallops.
- (naval) A sailor in the surface forces, as opposed to a submariner.
- (science fiction) A small, fast-moving spacecraft.
- (naval) A surface ship.
- (entomology) Any of the dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.
- A person who skims.
- A device for removing organic matter from an aquarium.
- (crime) A device used to read and record the magnetic code from a credit card for later fraudulent use.
- a rapid superficial reader
- gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food
- a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
- a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids
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- A meal given to an animal.
- A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).
- (uncountable) The food provided or consumed at any such meal.
- The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
- An evening meal.
- A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.
- a party of people assembled to have dinner together
- the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
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- as much as a dessert spoon will hold
- More generally, that volume of a substance which is contained within a dessert spoon.
- A unit of measure, being equivalent to two teaspoons or two-thirds of a tablespoon, or approximately 10 millilitres; a dessertspoonful.
- (rare) An item of cutlery; a spoon, larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon, used for eating dessert.
verb
- To serve using a spoon; to transfer (something) with a spoon.
- scoop up or take up with a spoon
- Alternative form of spoom.
- (transitive) To catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait.
- (tennis, golf, croquet) To hit (the ball) weakly, pushing it with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock.
- (intransitive) To fish with a concave spoon bait.
- (transitive or intransitive, informal, of persons) To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons.
- snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others
noun
- An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon.
- as much as a spoon will hold
- A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful.
- (slang) An oar.
- (dentistry, informal) A spoon excavator.
- (fishing) A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a tablespoon.
- An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
- (US, military) A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.
- (slang) A metaphoric unit of finite physical and mental energy available for daily activities, especially in the context of living with chronic illness or disability.
- A South African shrub of the genus Spatalla.
- formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face
- a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
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- (intransitive) To help somebody (usually a baby or elder) to eat using a spoon; to feed using a spoon.
- (ambitransitive) To explain (something, to someone) in simple words; to explain (it, to them) in words of one syllable; to spell (it) out (for them).
- (transitive) To overly pamper or indulge (someone), so that they do not (or because they failed to) act or think for themselves.
- (transitive) To give (something) in an overly pampering way, so that the recipients do not (or because they failed to) act or think for themselves.