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Coddle - English meaning

ˈkɒd.əl

Coddle – definitions in English dictionary

verb

Treat (someone) in an indulgent or overprotective way.

Usage examples:

I was coddled and cosseted

Synonims:

PamperCossetMollycoddleWait on someone hand and footCater to someone's every whimSpoilIndulgeOverindulgeHumourPander toSpoon-feedOverparentPetBabyMotherNannyWrap in cotton woo
verb

Cook (an egg) in water below boiling point.

Usage examples:

You may have your eggs scrambled, poached, coddled, or boiled
noun

A stew of meat and vegetables, typically bacon, sausages, potatoes, and onions.

Usage examples:

Dublin coddle is best served with a pint of guinness on the side, and lots of irish soda bread to m…
verb

To protect and treat someone or something with great care

Usage examples:

The coach does not coddle his players.
verb

To cook food, especially eggs, in water just below boiling temperature

Usage examples:

Coddled eggs
verb

To protect someone or something too much

Usage examples:

The steel industry is coddled by trade protection and massive subsidies.
noun

An irish dish made with sausages, bacon, sliced potatoes, and sliced onions cooked slowly together in liquid

Usage examples:

Coddle is a classic irish dish of sausages, bacon, potatoes, and onions cooked in stock., i miss my…

Coddle translation into English

Coddle: translate from English into Chinese

Translate coddle into Chinese (Simplified)}
溺爱, 胹

Coddle: translate from English into Dutch

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Vertroetelen, Verwennen, Zacht koken, Troetelen, Koesteren, Troetelkindje

Coddle: translate from English into French

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Dorloter, Choyer

Coddle: translate from English into German

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Verhätscheln, Verweichlichen, Umgehen

Coddle: translate from English into Hindi

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लाड़ प्यार करना, ज़नान-मंत्री, गुनगुना करना, आदर से पालना, मानना, सेवा-सुश्रुशा करना

Coddle: translate from English into Italian

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Coccolare

Coddle: translate from English into Korean

Translate coddle into Korean}
나약한 사람, 버릇 없이 기르다, 약한 불로 삶다, 버릇 귀하게 기르다

Coddle: translate from English into Russian

Translate coddle into Russian}
Нянчиться, Баловать, Кутать, Ухаживать, Изнеживать, Варить на медленном огне, Печь, Обдавать кипятком, Неженка, Баловень

Coddle: translate from English into Spanish

Translate coddle into Spanish}
Mimar, Consentir, Hacer mimos a, Cocer a fuego lento, Hacer payaso

Word origin

late 16th century (in the sense ‘boil (fruit) gently’): origin uncertain; coddle (sense 1) is probably a dialect variant of obsolete caudle ‘administer invalids' gruel’, based on Latin caldum

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Coddle – similar words

coddles

ˈkɒd.əl

verb

Treat (someone) in an indulgent or overprotective way.

Usage examples:

I was coddled and cosseted
noun

A stew of meat and vegetables, typically bacon, sausages, potatoes, and onions.

Usage examples:

Dublin coddle is best served with a pint of guinness on the side, and lots of irish soda bread to m…
verb

To protect and treat someone or something with great care

Usage examples:

The coach does not coddle his players.
Coddles - all meanings in English

coddled

ˈkɒd.əl

verb

Treat (someone) in an indulgent or overprotective way.

Usage examples:

I was coddled and cosseted
noun

A stew of meat and vegetables, typically bacon, sausages, potatoes, and onions.

Usage examples:

Dublin coddle is best served with a pint of guinness on the side, and lots of irish soda bread to m…
verb

Past simple and past participle of coddle

Usage examples:

Coddled eggs, the steel industry is coddled by trade protection and massive subsidies.
Coddled - all meanings in English

Coddle synonims

baby

ˈbeɪ.bi

noun

A very young child.

Usage examples:

His wife's just had a baby
adjective

Comparatively small or immature of its kind.

Usage examples:

A baby version of the oxford movement
verb

Treat (someone) as a baby; pamper or be overprotective towards.

Usage examples:

Her aunt babied her and fussed over her clothes
Baby - all meanings in English

cosset

ˈkɒs.ɪt

verb

Care for and protect in an overindulgent way.

Usage examples:

All her life she'd been cosseted by her family
verb

To give a lot of attention to making someone comfortable and to protecting them from anything unpleasant

Usage examples:

Children sometimes need to be cosseted., disapproving the country has been cosseted (= too protecte…
Cosset - all meanings in English

humour

ˈhjuː.mər

noun

The quality of being amusing or comic, especially as expressed in literature or speech.

Usage examples:

His tales are full of humour
verb

Comply with the wishes of (someone) in order to keep them content, however unreasonable such wishes might be.

Usage examples:

She was always humouring him to prevent trouble
noun

The ability to find things funny, the way in which people see that some things are funny, or the quality of being funny

Usage examples:

He's got a great sense of humour (= he is very able to see things as funny)., i must say i find his…
Humour - all meanings in English

indulge

ɪnˈdʌldʒ

verb

Allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of.

Usage examples:

We indulged in a cream tea
verb

To allow yourself or someone else to have something enjoyable

Usage examples:

[ i ] when i get my first paycheck i’m going to indulge in a shopping spree., [ t ] he indulged his…
verb

To allow yourself or another person to have something enjoyable, especially more than is good for you

Usage examples:

The soccer fans indulged their patriotism, waving flags and singing songs., i love champagne but i …
Indulge - all meanings in English

mollycoddle

verb

Treat (someone) in an indulgent or overprotective way.

Usage examples:

I found school very difficult, and realized i'd been mollycoddled at home
noun

An effeminate or ineffectual man or boy.

Usage examples:

Baseball is a game for red-blooded men and mollycoddles better stay out of it
verb

To give someone too much care or protection

Usage examples:

You're not helping the children by mollycoddling them - they have to grow up sometime.
Mollycoddle - all meanings in English

mother

noun

A woman in relation to her child or children.

Usage examples:

She returned to bristol to nurse her ageing mother
verb

Bring up (a child) with care and affection.

Usage examples:

She didn't know how to mother my brother and he was very sensitive
noun

A female parent

Usage examples:

My mother was 20 when i was born., mother, where’s my red blouse?, they got caught in a mother of a…
Mother - all meanings in English

nanny

noun

A person, in particular a woman, employed to look after a child in its own home.

Usage examples:

One thing we will see a lot more of is nanny-sharing, where two families will join up to employ a n…
verb

A person, typically a woman, employed to look after a child in its own home.

Nanny - all meanings in English

overindulge

verb

Have too much of something enjoyable, especially food or drink.

Usage examples:

It is easy to overindulge in these kinds of food
Overindulge - all meanings in English

pamper

verb

Indulge with every attention, comfort, and kindness; spoil.

Usage examples:

Famous people just love being pampered
Pamper - all meanings in English

pet

noun

A domestic or tamed animal kept for companionship or pleasure.

Usage examples:

The pony was a family pet
verb

Stroke or pat (an animal) affectionately.

Usage examples:

The cats came to be petted
noun

A fit of sulking or ill humour.

Usage examples:

Mother's in a pet
Pet - all meanings in English

spoil

verb

Diminish or destroy the value or quality of.

Usage examples:

I wouldn't want to spoil your fun
noun

Goods stolen or taken forcibly from a person or place.

Usage examples:

The looters carried their spoils away
verb

To destroy or damage something, or to become destroyed or damaged

Usage examples:

[ t ] the oil spill spoiled five miles of coastline., [ t ] don’t tell me how it ends, you’ll spoil…
Spoil - all meanings in English

spoon-feed

verb

To give someone so much help or information that the person has no opportunity to act or think independently

Usage examples:

I was being spoon-fed friendly audiences that wouldn’t give me trouble., the zookeepers were spoon-…
Spoon-feed - all meanings in English

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