"spooning" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "The sense denoting nestled repose is by metaphor with the way that spoons stack together compactly.",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "spoon"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present participle and gerund of spoon"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "spoon#English"
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      ],
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        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spooning"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "The sense denoting nestled repose is by metaphor with the way that spoons stack together compactly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spoonings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "spooning (countable and uncountable, plural spoonings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
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      "word": "spoonlike"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "spoonwise"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1995, Ernest Hebert, Live Free Or Die, page 246:",
          "text": "Frederick alternated between sips of coffee and spoonings of raspberries.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The action of the verb to spoon",
        "The act of picking something up with a spoon."
      ],
      "id": "en-spooning-en-noun-hiMB1ubn",
      "links": [
        [
          "to spoon",
          "spoon#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The action of the verb to spoon",
        "The act of lying on their sides, nestled front-to-back on a bed."
      ],
      "id": "en-spooning-en-noun-SC267Rwk",
      "links": [
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      "tags": [
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        "uncountable"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "spooning"
}

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    "English nouns",
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    "English verb forms",
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  "etymology_text": "The sense denoting nestled repose is by metaphor with the way that spoons stack together compactly.",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "spooning",
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "spoon"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present participle and gerund of spoon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spoon",
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      ],
      "tags": [
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        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spooning"
}

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    "English non-lemma forms",
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    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verb forms",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "The sense denoting nestled repose is by metaphor with the way that spoons stack together compactly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spoonings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "spoonlike"
    },
    {
      "word": "spoonwise"
    }
  ],
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1995, Ernest Hebert, Live Free Or Die, page 246:",
          "text": "Frederick alternated between sips of coffee and spoonings of raspberries.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The action of the verb to spoon",
        "The act of picking something up with a spoon."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "to spoon",
          "spoon#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The action of the verb to spoon",
        "The act of lying on their sides, nestled front-to-back on a bed."
      ],
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  "word": "spooning"
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