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coddle
Overview of verb coddle
The verb coddle has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge -- (treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!")
2. coddle -- (cook in nearly boiling water; "coddle eggs")
Grep of noun coddle
coddled egg
coddler
mollycoddle
Antonyms of verb coddle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb coddle
2 senses of coddle
Sense 1
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
=> treat, handle, do by
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 2
coddle
=> cook
=> change integrity
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb coddle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb coddle
2 senses of coddle
Sense 1
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
=> treat, handle, do by
Sense 2
coddle
=> cook
'Cause To' of verb coddle
Derived Forms of verb coddle
1 of 2 senses of coddle
Sense 1
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
RELATED TO>(noun) coddler#1
=> pamperer, spoiler, coddler, mollycoddler
Domain of verb coddle
1 of 2 senses of coddle
Sense 2
coddle
TOPIC>(noun) cooking#1, cookery#1, preparation#8
Domain Terms of verb coddle
Familiarity of verb coddle
coddle used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb coddle
2 senses of coddle
Sense 1
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
coddle
EX: The chef wants to coddle the eggs
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb coddle
2 senses of coddle
Sense 1
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
> treat, handle, do by
=> mock, bemock
=> ignore, disregard, snub, cut
=> wrong
=> handle with kid gloves
=> criminalize
=> nurse
=> strong-arm
=> ride roughshod, run roughshod
=> upstage
=> rough-house
=> brutalize, brutalise
=> do justice, do-well by
=> gloss over, skate over, smooth over, slur over, skimp over
=> mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treat
=> pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
Sense 2
coddle
> cook
=> bake
=> brown
=> coddle
=> souse
=> microwave, micro-cook, zap, nuke
=> blanch, parboil
=> overcook
=> fricassee
=> stew
=> roast
=> braise
=> fry
=> grill
=> steam
=> boil
=> pressure-cook
=> poach
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb coddle
Sense 1
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
=> treat, handle, do by
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Sense 2
coddle
=> cook
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Grep of verb coddle
coddle
mollycoddle
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