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spoon-feed

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈspuːnfiːd/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(spo̅o̅n′fēd′, -fēd′)

Inflections of 'spoon-feed' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

spoon-feeds: v 3rd person singular

spoon-feeding: v pres p

spoon-fed: v past

spoon-fed: v past p

ˈspoon-ˌfeed, v. [~ + object], -fed, -feed•ing.

to feed with a spoon.
to provide (someone) so fully with information that he or she is prevented from acting independently:He didn't want to spoon-feed his students by just giving facts.
to provide someone with (information) in this way:to spoon-feed data to his students.

spoon-feed (spo̅o̅n′fēd′, -fēd′),USA pronunciation v.t., -fed, -feed•ing.

to cause to be spoon-fed.

1605–15

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spoon-feed vb ( -feeds, -feeding, -fed) (transitive)

to feed with a spoon
to overindulge or spoil
to provide (a person) with ready-made opinions, judgments, etc, depriving him or her of original thought or action

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