spoon
To serve using a spoonTo serve using a spoon; to transfer (something) with a spoon.
» I'd like to buy a wooden spoon.
Я хотел бы купить деревянную ложку.
Я хотела бы купить деревянную ложку.
Я хотів би купити дерев'яну ложку.
Я хотіла би купити дерев'яну ложку.
Meaning
7 sensesTo serve using a spoon; to transfer (something) with a spoon.
Sarah spooned some apple sauce onto her plate.
scoop up or take up with a spoon
(dated, intransitive)To flirt; to make advances; to court, to interact romantically or amorously.
(informal, intransitive, transitive)To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons.
Löffelchen schlafen
To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons.
(broadly, informal, intransitive, transitive)To have sex in such a position.
To hit (the ball) weakly, pushing it with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock.
(intransitive)To fish with a concave spoon bait.
(transitive)To catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait.
Examples
250 sentencesI'd like to buy a wooden spoon.
Я хотів би купити дерев'яну ложку. — deniko
ruЯ хотел бы купить деревянную ложку. — Selena777
Tom put down his spoon and picked up a fork.
Том поклав ложку і взяв виделку. — deniko
ruТом отложил ложку и взял вилку. — marafon
deTom legte den Löffel weg und nahm eine Gabel. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I licked the spoon.
Я лизнув ложку. — deniko
ruЯ облизнул ложку. — marafon
Could we have a spoon?
Можна нам ложку? — deniko
deKönnten wir einen Löffel haben? — Zaghawa
This spoon is for soup.
Ця ложка — для супу. — deniko
ruЭта ложка - для супа. — marafon
deDieser Löffel ist für Suppe gedacht. — al_ex_an_der
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
From Middle English spoon, spoune, spone, spon (“spoon, chip of wood”), from Old English sFrom Middle English spoon, spoune, spone, spon (“spoon, chip of wood”), from Old English spōn (“sliver, chip of wood, shaving”), from Proto-West Germanic *spānu, from Proto-Germanic *spēnuz (“chip, flake, shaving”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peH- (“chip, shaving, log, length of wood”).
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Forms
spoons, spooning, spooned, spoonedSynonyms
1 synonyms- snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others:smooch
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle