overprotect, v.
(overprotected, overprotecting, overprotects)
(overprotected, overprotecting, overprotects)
protect excessively
<verb.competition>
overprotect
sample sentences
"Don't overprotect your son--he is an adult now!"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
care for like a mother
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
fuss mother overprotect
sample sentences
"She fusses over her husband"verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s PP
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebody
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym