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SPOONFEEDING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Teaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thought
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("spoonfeeding" is a kind of...):
instruction; pedagogy; teaching (the profession of a teacher)
Derivation:
spoonfeed (teach without challenging the students)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Feeding someone (as a baby) from a spoon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("spoonfeeding" is a kind of...):
alimentation; feeding (the act of supplying food and nourishment)
Derivation:
spoonfeed (feed with a spoon)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb spoonfeed
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