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How to pronounce “spoon-feed”
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Pronunciation guide for spoon-feed
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- Practice the English pronunciation of spoon-feed with real speech in context.
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- (intransitive) To help somebody (usually a baby or elder) to eat using a spoon; to feed using a spoon.
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A Deep Dive Into “spoon-feed”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To help somebody (usually a baby or elder) to eat using a spoon; to feed using a spoon.
- (transitive) To overly pamper or indulge (someone), so that they do not (or because they failed to) act or think for themselves.
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (transitive) To give (something) in an overly pampering way, so that the recipients do not (or because they failed to) act or think for themselves.
- (ambitransitive) To explain (something, to someone) in simple words; to explain (it, to them) in words of one syllable; to spell (it) out (for them).
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