Word

coddle, v.
(coddled, coddles, coddling)
freq. cnt. 2

treat with excessive indulgence
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

baby cocker coddle cosset featherbed indulge mollycoddle pamper spoil

sample sentences

"grandparents often pamper the children"
"Let's not mollycoddle our students!"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

coddler

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

pampering pamperer

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derivationally related form

baby

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derivationally related form

mollycoddle mollycoddler

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derivationally related form

spoiler

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derivationally related form

indulging indulgence

semantic pointers

hypernym

treat, handle, do by

cook in nearly boiling water
<verb.change>

coddle

sample sentences

"coddle eggs"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
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semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

cooking, cookery, preparation

hypernym

cook