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spoon

verb [T + adv/prep]
 
 
/spuːn/

Definition

to move something, especially food, using a spoon: He spooned the mush into the baby's open mouth. Spoon a little sauce over the fish.Giving food to people and animals
(Definition of spoon verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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