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LADLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ladle" is a kind of...):

vessel (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))

Meronyms (parts of "ladle"):

grip; handgrip; handle; hold (the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ladle"):

dipper (a ladle that has a cup with a long handle)

scoop (a large ladle)

soup ladle (a ladle for serving soup)

Derivation:

ladle (put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove with or as if with a ladle

Example:

ladle the water out of the bowl

Synonyms:

lade; laden; ladle

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "ladle" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ladle"):

slop (ladle clumsily)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle

Example:

ladle soup into the bowl

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "ladle" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

The women ladle water into the bowl

Derivation:

ladle (a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another)

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