coddle

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verb

1. treat with excessive indulgence (Freq. 2)
- grandparents often pamper the children
- Let's not mollycoddle our students!
• Syn:
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby,
mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
• Derivationally related forms:
indulging (for: indulge), indulgence (for: indulge), spoiler (for: spoil), mollycoddler (for: mollycoddle), mollycoddle (for: mollycoddle), coddler, baby (for: baby), pamperer (for: pamper), pampering (for: pamper)
• Hypernyms:
treat, handle, do by
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. cook in nearly boiling water
- coddle eggs
• Topics:
cooking, cookery, preparation
• Hypernyms:
cook
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- The chef wants to coddle the eggs

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge