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Noun spoon has 3 senses

spoon - a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
--₁ is a kind of cutlery, eating utensil; container
--₁ has particulars:
dessert spoon; runcible spoon; soupspoon, soup spoon; sugar spoon, sugar shell; tablespoon; tea maker; teaspoon; wooden spoon

Derived form: verb spoon₁
spoon, spoonful - as much as a spoon will hold; "he added two spoons of sugar"
--₂ is a kind of containerful

Derived form: verb spoon₁
spoon - formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face
--₃ is a kind of wood

Verb spoon has 2 senses

spoon - scoop up or take up with a spoon; "spoon the sauce over the roast"
--₁ is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw

Derived forms: noun spoon₂, noun spoon₁
Sample sentence:
The women spoon water into the bowl
smooch, snog, spoon - snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others
--₂ is one way to neck, make out
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s