coddling
present participle ofcoddle
coddle
verb[T]
uk/ˈkɒd.əl/us/ˈkɑː.dəl/coddleverb[T](COOK)
tocookfood,especiallyeggs, inwaterjust belowboilingtemperature:
coddledeggs
Preparing food using heat
- air fryer
- bain-marie
- baking
- baking parchment
- barbecue
- blanch
- boil
- deep fat fryer
- deep-fried
- deep-fry
- done
- doneness
- overcook
- overdone
- pan-fry
- parboil
- poach
- sear
- underdone
- warm(someone/something)up
coddleverb[T](PROTECT)
toprotectsomeone or something too much:
Thesteelindustryis coddled bytradeprotectionandmassivesubsidies.
Synonyms
babyinformal
cosset
indulge
mollycoddleinformalmainlydisapproving
pamper
spoil
Defending and protecting
- anti-bug
- anti-mosquito
- baby
- bandobast
- bastion
- buffer
- defence
- defend
- defensive
- harbour
- harm
- have (got)someone'sbackidiom
- hold off
- inoculation
- killsomeonewith kindnessidiom
- sheltered
- shield
- splashproof
- takesomeoneunderyourwingidiom
- watchyourbackidiom
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Treating someone well
Examplesofcoddling
coddling
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Also, improvements have been made in controllingcoddlingmoth in apples with organic methods9.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These young fellows do not needcoddling; they want discipline, and a chance to express their personalities.
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Is it punishment, rehabilitation, reparation, short, sharp shock, social work, mollycoddling, protection, victimisation, or what?
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It is difficult for all those old people to understand what may seem to them to be newfangled ideas and thecoddlingof the modern child.
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We do not wantcoddlingand carrying.
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He criticized what he saw as the sentimentalcoddlingof the mediocre and botched.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The hosts, who nearly always live on the premises, provide plenty ofcoddling.
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