Nanny - English meaning

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

noun

A person who looks after children in their own home for payment.

Usage examples:

She drops off her children at the childminder's

noun

A person whose job is to take care of other people's children in her or his own home

Usage examples:

A registered childminder

noun

A small spaniel of a breed with a silky coat.

Usage examples:

The association had listed the cocker among 40 breeds deemed ‘not good’ with children.

noun

A type of medium-sized or fairly small dog with soft, long ears, short legs, and long, soft hair

Usage examples:

He lives with his wife, jane, and their two cocker spaniels., i have a black cocker spaniel that i …

noun

A type of medium-sized or fairly small dog with soft, long ears, short legs, and long, soft hair

Usage examples:

He lives with his wife, jane, and their two cocker spaniels., i have a black cocker spaniel that i …

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.

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…

noun

(especially in former times) a woman employed to teach children in a private household.

Usage examples:

Only a poor minister, he knew his daughters would likely have to work as teachers or governesses, a…

noun

(esp. in the past) a woman who lives with a family and educates the children at home

noun

(especially in the past) a woman who lives with a family and teaches their children at home

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 …

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.

noun

A person trained to care for the sick or infirm, especially in a hospital.

Usage examples:

A team of doctors and nurses

verb

Give medical and other attention to (a sick person).

Usage examples:

He was gradually nursed back to health

noun

A greyish australian shark of shallow inshore waters.

Usage examples:

Here a grey nurse shark gets among the baitfish.

noun

A woman or girl employed to look after a young child or children.

Usage examples:

Then she looked the young nursemaid straight in the eye.

verb

Look after or be overprotective towards.

Usage examples:

I haven't got time to nursemaid you through these problems

noun

A woman who takes care of someone else's young children

Usage examples:

I'm not going to be a nursemaid to you - make your own bed!

verb

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

Usage examples:

It is easy to overindulge in these kinds of food

verb

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

Usage examples:

Famous people just love being pampered

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…

idiom

To try to protect someone too carefully

Usage examples:

You can't wrap (up) your children in cotton wool forever.