spoon-feed
verb /ˈspuːn fiːd/
/ˈspuːn fiːd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they spoon-feed | /ˈspuːn fiːd/ /ˈspuːn fiːd/ |
| he / she / it spoon-feeds | /ˈspuːn fiːdz/ /ˈspuːn fiːdz/ |
| past simple spoon-fed | /ˈspuːn fed/ /ˈspuːn fed/ |
| past participle spoon-fed | /ˈspuːn fed/ /ˈspuːn fed/ |
| -ing form spoon-feeding | /ˈspuːn fiːdɪŋ/ /ˈspuːn fiːdɪŋ/ |
- [often passive] (disapproving) to teach people something in a way that gives them too much help and does not make them think for themselves
- spoon-feed somebody (with something) The students here do not expect to be spoon-fed.
- Schama does not spoon-feed his readers, and assumes they have some knowledge of British history.
- spoon-feed something to somebody They had information spoon-fed to them.
- spoon-feed somebody to feed somebody, especially a baby, with a spoonTopics Life stagesc2