Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb scoop_out

2 senses of scoop out

Sense 1
scoop out -- (hollow out with a scoop; "scoop out a melon")
       => hollow, hollow out, core out -- (remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk")

Sense 2
scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up -- (take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container")
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")

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