"coddle" meaning in English

See coddle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒd.əl/ [UK], /ˈkɑ.dəl/ [US], /ˈkɔd.əl/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-coddle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: coddles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒdəl Etymology: Probably from caudle. Compare British dialect caddle (“to coax, spoil, fondle”) and cade. Etymology templates: {{m|en|caudle}} caudle, {{m|en|caddle||to coax, spoil, fondle}} caddle (“to coax, spoil, fondle”), {{m|en|cade}} cade Head templates: {{en-noun}} coddle (plural coddles)
  1. An Irish dish comprising layers of roughly sliced pork sausages and bacon rashers with sliced potatoes and onions.
    Sense id: en-coddle-en-noun-VISElcOz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 7 10 29 26
  2. (archaic) An effeminate person. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-coddle-en-noun-YYW246wN

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɒd.əl/ [UK], /ˈkɑ.dəl/ [US], /ˈkɔd.əl/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-coddle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: coddles [present, singular, third-person], coddling [participle, present], coddled [participle, past], coddled [past]
Rhymes: -ɒdəl Etymology: Probably from caudle. Compare British dialect caddle (“to coax, spoil, fondle”) and cade. Etymology templates: {{m|en|caudle}} caudle, {{m|en|caddle||to coax, spoil, fondle}} caddle (“to coax, spoil, fondle”), {{m|en|cade}} cade Head templates: {{en-verb}} coddle (third-person singular simple present coddles, present participle coddling, simple past and past participle coddled)
  1. (transitive) To treat gently or with great care. Tags: transitive Synonyms (treat gently): cosset Translations (to treat gently or with great care): глезя (glezja) (Bulgarian), угаждам (ugaždam) (Bulgarian), rozmazlovat (Czech), hýčkat [imperfective] (Czech), rozmazlit [perfective] (Czech), verwennen (Dutch), vertroetelen (Dutch), dorloti (Esperanto), hoivata (Finnish), hoitaa (Finnish), choyer (French), dorloter (French), verhätscheln (German), verwöhnen (German), καλομαθαίνω (kalomathaíno) (Greek), φροντίζω (frontízo) (Greek), περιποιούμαι (peripoioúmai) (Greek), rozpieszczać [imperfective] (Polish), amimar (Portuguese), malcriar (Spanish), mimar (Spanish), consentir (Spanish), pjoska (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-coddle-en-verb-gSuAC9wp Disambiguation of 'treat gently': 89 7 4 Disambiguation of 'to treat gently or with great care': 98 1 1
  2. (transitive) To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point. Tags: transitive Synonyms (cook slowly): simmer Translations (to cook slowly in hot water): къкря (kǎkrja) (Bulgarian), варя на бавен огън (varja na baven ogǎn) (Bulgarian), mírně povařit [perfective] (Czech), lehce povařit [perfective] (Czech), zachtjes koken (Dutch), hauduttaa (Finnish), mijoter (French), köcheln (German), σιγοβράζω (sigovrázo) (Greek), fierbe la foc mic (Romanian), cocinar a fuego lento (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-coddle-en-verb-qE8ii2gp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 7 10 29 26 Disambiguation of 'cook slowly': 3 89 7 Disambiguation of 'to cook slowly in hot water': 2 94 4
  3. (transitive) To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect. Tags: transitive Translations (To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect): lelliä (Finnish), couver (French), überbehüten (German), παραχαϊδεύω (parachaïdévo) (Greek), răsfăța (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-coddle-en-verb-XDayq0aP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 7 10 29 26 Disambiguation of 'To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect': 1 7 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pamper, posset, spoil Derived forms: coddled egg, mollycoddle Related terms: scald

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          "roman": "varja na baven ogǎn",
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        "(transitive) To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect."
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          "sense": "To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect",
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      "word": "scald"
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        "To treat gently or with great care."
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          "care"
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        "(transitive) To treat gently or with great care."
      ],
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        "To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point."
      ],
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          "cook"
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          "slow",
          "slow"
        ],
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          "hot"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ],
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          "below"
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        "(transitive) To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point."
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      "glosses": [
        "To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect."
      ],
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          "overprotect"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect."
      ],
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɒd.əl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɑ.dəl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɔd.əl/",
      "tags": [
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      "rhymes": "-ɒdəl"
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
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    {
      "sense": "treat gently",
      "word": "cosset"
    },
    {
      "word": "pamper"
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    {
      "word": "posset"
    },
    {
      "word": "spoil"
    },
    {
      "sense": "cook slowly",
      "word": "simmer"
    }
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "glezja",
      "sense": "to treat gently or with great care",
      "word": "глезя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ugaždam",
      "sense": "to treat gently or with great care",
      "word": "угаждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to treat gently or with great care",
      "word": "rozmazlovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to treat gently or with great care",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "hýčkat"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to treat gently or with great care",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "rozmazlit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to treat gently or with great care",
      "word": "verwennen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to treat gently or with great care",
      "word": "vertroetelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to treat gently or with great care",
      "word": "dorloti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to treat gently or with great care",
      "word": "hoivata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to treat gently or with great care",
      "word": "hoitaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to treat gently or with great care",
      "word": "choyer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to treat gently or with great care",
      "word": "dorloter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to treat gently or with great care",
      "word": "verhätscheln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to treat gently or with great care",
      "word": "verwöhnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kalomathaíno",
      "sense": "to treat gently or with great care",
      "word": "καλομαθαίνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "frontízo",
      "sense": "to treat gently or with great care",
      "word": "φροντίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "peripoioúmai",
      "sense": "to treat gently or with great care",
      "word": "περιποιούμαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to treat gently or with great care",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozpieszczać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to treat gently or with great care",
      "word": "amimar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to treat gently or with great care",
      "word": "malcriar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to treat gently or with great care",
      "word": "mimar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to treat gently or with great care",
      "word": "consentir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to treat gently or with great care",
      "word": "pjoska"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kǎkrja",
      "sense": "to cook slowly in hot water",
      "word": "къкря"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "varja na baven ogǎn",
      "sense": "to cook slowly in hot water",
      "word": "варя на бавен огън"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cook slowly in hot water",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "mírně povařit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cook slowly in hot water",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "lehce povařit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cook slowly in hot water",
      "word": "zachtjes koken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cook slowly in hot water",
      "word": "hauduttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cook slowly in hot water",
      "word": "mijoter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cook slowly in hot water",
      "word": "köcheln"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sigovrázo",
      "sense": "to cook slowly in hot water",
      "word": "σιγοβράζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to cook slowly in hot water",
      "word": "fierbe la foc mic"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cook slowly in hot water",
      "word": "cocinar a fuego lento"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect",
      "word": "lelliä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect",
      "word": "couver"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect",
      "word": "überbehüten"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parachaïdévo",
      "sense": "To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect",
      "word": "παραχαϊδεύω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect",
      "word": "răsfăța"
    }
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    "coddle"
  ],
  "word": "coddle"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "An Irish dish comprising layers of roughly sliced pork sausages and bacon rashers with sliced potatoes and onions."
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          "dish"
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          "layer"
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          "pork"
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          "sausage"
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          "bacon"
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          "rasher"
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          "potato"
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          "onion"
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        "English terms with archaic senses"
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      "glosses": [
        "An effeminate person."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "effeminate"
        ]
      ],
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        "(archaic) An effeminate person."
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        "archaic"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɒd.əl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɑ.dəl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɔd.əl/",
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      "tags": [
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