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POKE OUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does poke out mean?
• POKE OUT (verb)
The verb POKE OUT has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: POKE OUT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reach outward in space
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
Context example:
The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk
Hypernyms (to "poke out" is one way to...):
be (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Context examples
Cassini's Radio and Plasma Wave Science (RPWS) instrument was one of two science instruments with sensors that poke out from the protective shield of the antenna (the other being Cassini's magnetometer).
(Cassini Finds 'The Big Empty' Close to Saturn, NASA)
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