coddle

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

coddles

V_ing/Gerund

coddling

V_ed/pp

coddled

1.
(transitive)To treat gently or with great care.
2.
(transitive)To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point.
a coddled egg
3.
(transitive)To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

coddles

1.
An Irish dish comprising layers of roughly sliced pork sausages and bacon rashers with sliced potatoes and onions.
2.
(archaic)An effeminate person.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

simmer cosset pamper posset spoilcook slowly simmer

Cùng gốc / liên quan

coddlercoddlesomeovercoddlecoddlinglycoddled eggmollycoddle scald

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Nguồn gốc từ

Probably from caudle. Compare British dialect caddle (to coax, spoil, fondle) and cade.