"spoon-fed" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /spun ˈfɛd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-spoon-fed.wav [US]
Rhymes: -ɛd Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} spoon-fed (not comparable)
  1. (of a person) Pampered, as a baby too young to feed themselves. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-spoon-fed-en-adj-Tshd7Y0z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 33 39
  2. (of information) So simplified that one might expect a baby to understand it. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-spoon-fed-en-adj-VEt0r-5t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 33 39

Verb

IPA: /spun ˈfɛd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-spoon-fed.wav [US]
Rhymes: -ɛd Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} spoon-fed
  1. simple past and past participle of spoon-feed Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: spoon-feed
    Sense id: en-spoon-fed-en-verb-A2uM8rFt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 33 39

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