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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:

1. reach outward in spaceplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


POKE OUT (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Reach outward in space

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

extend; poke out; reach out

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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