spoon-feed
[ spoon-feed, -feed ]
/ ˈspunˈfid, -ˌfid /
verb (used with object), spoon-fed, spoon-feed·ing.
to cause to be spoon-fed.
Origin of spoon-feed
First recorded in 1605–15
Words nearby spoon-feed
spoon bread,
spoon hook,
spoon nail,
spoon theory,
spoon-fed,
spoon-feed,
spoonbill,
spoonbill catfish,
spoondrift,
spoonerism,
spooney
Example sentences from the Web for spoon-feed
Better let them go to hell in their own way than attempt to spoon-feed them.
Ireland as It Is |Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
British Dictionary definitions for spoon-feed
spoon-feed
verb -feeds, -feeding or -fed (tr)
to feed with a spoon
to overindulge or spoil
to provide (a person) with ready-made opinions, judgments, etc, depriving him of original thought or action