āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
spoon-feed
/spËuËnfËiËd/
to spoon-feed
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āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻšāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž
***to give someone so much help or information that that person does not need to try himself or herself
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Certain students enjoy finding out things for themselves; others prefer being spoon-fed.
āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§; āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž
***to feed a baby or other person using a spoon
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The nurses had to spoon-feed my mother after her stroke.
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āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
