verb
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To sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted.
verb
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To serve using a spoon; to transfer (something) with a spoon.
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Sarah spooned some apple sauce onto her plate.
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To flirt; to make advances; to court, to interact romantically or amorously.
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(of persons) To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons.
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To hit (the ball) weakly, pushing it with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock.
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To fish with a concave spoon bait.
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To catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait.
Examples of spooned in a Sentence
He spooned mashed potatoes onto his plate with a vengeance and said nothing more the rest of the meal.
We slept fitfully, spooned together on the thin mattress.
She spooned up the remaining flakes of cereal one at a time, swishing them around in her spoon.
She hefted the cast iron skillet and spooned some scrambled eggs into his plate.
It was then he began the slow realization that it was not his beloved wife who spooned against his back in nakedness, sharing his bed!
They silently spooned up Italian ice cream, content in this measure of understanding that was growing between them.
He casually spooned a bite of potato salad into his mouth and methodically chewed and swallowed it.
In a candlelit near-darkness I sat nonchalantly trying not to shiver, on my insulated granite chair and spooned invisible hot veggie burger gruel.
Serve with a little of the strained juices spooned over.
Miso is also an excellent way to flavor rice and can be spooned into the cooking liquid or stirred into the cooked rice to add a dash of different tastes.
The pastry is spooned onto parchment and baked - first at a high temperature to cause the dough to rise, puff, and hollow out, and then at a lower temperature to firm up the outsides of the shells.
He climbed into the bed and spooned with her.