spoon-feedverb [ T ]
uk/ˈspuːn.fiːd/us/ˈspuːn.fiːd/spoon-feed verb [ T ] (FEED)
to feed a baby or other person using a spoon
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Giving food to people & animals
- bottle-feed
- breastfeed
- fatted
- fatten sb/sth up
- fed
- feed
- feed sb/sth up
- force-feed
- nourish
- nurse
- nursing
- spoon
- tube feeding
spoon-feed verb [ T ] (PROVIDE INFORMATION)
disapproving to give someone so much help or information that that person does not need to try himself or herself:
By giving out printed sheets of facts and theories, the teachers spoon-fed us with what we needed for the exam.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Giving, providing and supplying
- accommodate
- accord
- administer
- administration
- assignment
- award
- deliver
- go round (somewhere)
- hand sth around
- hand sth back
- hand sth in
- hand sth out
- invest
- lay
- spare
- step
- step forward
- supplier
- supply
- supply chain
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