spoon-feed

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Synonyms: spoon, spoof, spook, swoon, soon, poon, spool, spoor, spoom, spoonfeed, spoo

Antonyms: spoon, spoof, spook, swoon, soon, poon, spool, spoor, spoom, spoonfeed, spoo

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To help somebody (usually a [[baby]] or elder) to [[eat]] using a [[spoon]]; to feed using a spoon.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To overly [[pamper]] or indulge (someone), so that they do not (or because they failed to) act or think for themselves.
3. {{rfquote-sense|en}} {{lb|en|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.
4. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[explain]] (something, to someone) in [[simple]] words; to explain (it, to them) [[in words of one syllable]]; to [[spell out#Verb|spell (it) out]] (for them).

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