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spoonbill |
spoonbill catfish |
spoondrift |
spoonerism |
spooney |
spoonfeed
| spoonfeeding
| spoonflower
| spoonful
| spoonily
| spoonleaf yucca
spoonfeed
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb spoonfeed has 2 senses
- spoonfeed(v = verb.consumption) Array - feed with a spoon; Array is one way to feed, give
- spoonfeed(v = verb.communication) Array - teach without challenging the students; "This professor spoonfeeds his students" is one way to instruct, learn, teach
Derived form noun spoonfeeding1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derived form noun spoonfeeding2
Sample sentence:
The parents spoonfeed a French poem to the children
OXFORD DICTIONARY
spoonfeed, v.tr. (past and past part. -fed)
1 feed (a baby etc.) with a spoon.
2 provide help, information, etc., to (a person) without requiring any effort on the recipient's part.
3 artificially encourage (an industry) by subsidies or import duties.
1 feed (a baby etc.) with a spoon.
2 provide help, information, etc., to (a person) without requiring any effort on the recipient's part.
3 artificially encourage (an industry) by subsidies or import duties.
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