| Engels > Nederlands |
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| spoon |
| 1. lepel |
| Engels > Engels |
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| spoon |
| 1. n. An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle. |
| 2. n. An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon. |
| 3. n. A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful. |
| 4. n. (sports) A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern three wood. |
| 5. n. (fishing) A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a table spoon. |
| 6. n. (dentistry, informal) A spoon excavator. |
| 7. n. (figuratively, slang) A simpleton, a spooney. |
| 8. n. (US, military) A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger. |
| 9. v. To serve using a spoon. |
| Sarah spooned some apple sauce onto her plate. |
| 10. v. (intransitive, dated) To flirt; to make advances; to court, to interact romantically or amorously. |
| 11. v. (transitive, or intransitive, informal, of persons) To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons. |
| 12. v. (tennis, golf, croquet) To hit (the ball) weakly, pushing it with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock. |
| 13. v. (intransitive) To fish with a concave spoon bait. |
| 14. v. To catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait. |
| 15. v. alternative form of spoom |
| Nederlands > Engels |
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| lepel |
| 1. n-m. spoon |
