featherbed, v.
(featherbedded, featherbedding, featherbeds)
(featherbedded, featherbedding, featherbeds)
hire more workers than are necessary
<verb.communication>
featherbed
verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s
semantic pointers
hypernym
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!"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebody
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym