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spoon-feed

spoon-feedverb

spoon-fed

Past Simple

spoon-fed

Past Participle

spoon-feeding

Gerund

Translations

разжёвыватьФиг. значение: давать информацию в чрезмерно упрощённой форме

The teacher won’t spoon-feed you the solutions.

Учитель не будет разжёвывать вам решения.

кормить с ложки

The nurse had to spoon-feed the patient after the surgery.

После операции медсестре пришлось кормить пациента с ложки.

Additional translations

опекатьПерен. значение: чрезмерно заботиться, облегчая задачу

Definitions

to feed (a person or animal) using a spoon, especially when they are unable to feed themselves

She had to spoon-feed the baby every three hours.

to give someone information or help in an overly detailed or simplistic way, requiring little effort from them

The professor refused to spoon-feed the students the answers.

Synonyms

lead by the hand