Scooped
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Scoop
Typed by Humphrey
Examples
- Just inside the open end of the oven the floor was scooped out so as to make a hole that would hold a bucket or two of water. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Whether he prodded'; Mr Wegg's pantomime is skilful and expressive here; 'or whether he scooped? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We placed his remains under a cypress, the upright mountain being scooped out to receive them. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Should you say scooped, my dear Mr Venus; or should you as a man--say prodded? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Joe scooped his eyes with his disengaged wrist, as if he were bent on gouging himself, but said not another word. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- In the frigate-bird, the deeply scooped membrane between the toes shows that structure has begun to change. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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