(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ a person or thing somewhere, you put your hands or arms under or round them and quickly move them there.
Michael knelt next to her and ~ed her into his arms.
VERB: V n prep/adv
2.
If you ~ something from a container, you remove it with something such as a spoon.
...the sound of a spoon ~ing dog food out of a can.
VERB: V n prep/adv
3.
A ~ is an object like a spoon which is used for picking up a quantity of a food such as ice cream or an ingredient such as flour.
...a small ice-cream ~.
N-COUNT
4.
You can use ~ to refer to an exciting news story which is reported in one newspaper or on one television programme before it appears anywhere else.
...one of the biggest ~s in the history of newspapers.
N-COUNT
5.
If a newspaper ~s other newspapers, it succeeds in printing an exciting or important story before they do.
All the newspapers really want to do is ~ the opposition.
VERB: V n
6.
If you ~ a prize or award, you win it. (JOURNALISM)
...films which ~ed awards around the world.
VERB: V n