spoonfeed

verbe irrégulier

A verb used to indicate the act of providing someone with information or help in a way that requires little effort from them, often implying over-assistance or lack of independence.

• 🇫🇷Verbe désignant l'action de fournir à quelqu'un des informations ou une aide d'une manière qui ne lui demande qu'un effort minimal, impliquant souvent une aide excessive ou un manque d'autonomie de la part du destinataire. Il peut aussi s'agir de rendre les choses trop faciles ou de mâcher le travail pour quelqu'un.

1. Feed with a spoon A2 formal

   To feed someone using a spoon, typically a baby or someone who cannot feed themselves.

   • The nurse had to spoonfeed the elderly patient.
   • She spoonfeeds her baby with pureed vegetables.
   • He was too weak to eat on his own, so they spoonfed him.

   🇫🇷Nourrir à la cuillère

2. Teach without challenging B2 informal

   To provide information or instruction in a way that requires little effort or independent thought from the learner.

   • The teacher was criticized for spoonfeeding the students instead of encouraging critical thinking.
   • Some parents prefer to spoonfeed their children all the answers.
   • Spoonfeeding in education can hinder a student's ability to solve problems independently.

   🇫🇷Enseigner sans susciter la réflexion

   Synonymes: babycoddleindulgemollycoddlepamper

   Antonymes: challengeencourageprovokestimulate

• spoonfed past participle
• spoonfed past simple
• spoonfeeding present participle
• spoonfeeds third person singular