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spoon-feed verb

  /ˈspunˌfid/ , /ˈspuːnfiːd/
  • (transitive) To overly pamper or indulge (someone), so that they do not (or because they failed to) act or think for themselves.
 poispilata
  • (intransitive) To help somebody (usually a baby or elder) to eat using a spoon; to feed using a spoon.
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  • (ambitransitive) To explain (something, to someone) in simple words; to explain (it, to them) in words of one syllable; to spell (it) out (for them).
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