"spoonfeed" meaning in English

See spoonfeed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: spoonfeeds [present, singular, third-person], spoonfeeding [participle, present], spoonfed [participle, past], spoonfed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|~s|~ing|spoonfed}} spoonfeed (third-person singular simple present spoonfeeds, present participle spoonfeeding, simple past and past participle spoonfed)
  1. Alternative spelling of spoon-feed. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: spoon-feed
    Sense id: en-spoonfeed-en-verb-AH3mb9Sx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spoonfed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spoonfed",
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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        }
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        },
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        },
        {
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of spoon-feed."
      ],
      "id": "en-spoonfeed-en-verb-AH3mb9Sx",
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        ]
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    }
  ],
  "word": "spoonfeed"
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spoonfed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spoonfed",
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      },
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    }
  ],
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        {
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        }
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        "English lemmas",
        "English verbs",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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      ],
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