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SPOONFEEDING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Teaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thought

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("spoonfeeding" is a kind of...):

instruction; pedagogy; teaching (the profession of a teacher)

Derivation:

spoonfeed (teach without challenging the students)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Feeding someone (as a baby) from a spoon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("spoonfeeding" is a kind of...):

alimentation; feeding (the act of supplying food and nourishment)

Derivation:

spoonfeed (feed with a spoon)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb spoonfeed

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