LIFT OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lift out mean? 

• LIFT OUT (verb)
  The verb LIFT OUT has 1 sense:

1. take out or up with or as if with a scoop

  Familiarity information: LIFT OUT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIFT OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take out or up with or as if with a scoop

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

lift out; scoop; scoop out; scoop up; take up

Context example:

scoop the sugar out of the container

Hypernyms (to "lift out" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lift out"):

dip (scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something