'Coddle' definitions:
Definition of 'coddle'
From: WordNet
verb
Treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" [syn: pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge]
verb
Cook in nearly boiling water; "coddle eggs"
Definition of 'Coddle'
From: GCIDE
- Coddle \Cod"dle\ (k[o^]d"d'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coddled (-d'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Coddling (-dl[i^]ng).] [Cf. Prov. E. caddle to coax, spoil, fondle, and Cade, a. & v. t.] [Written also codle.]
- 1. To parboil, or soften by boiling. [1913 Webster]
- It [the guava fruit] may be coddled. --Dampier. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To treat with excessive tenderness; to pamper. [1913 Webster]
- How many of our English princes have been coddled at home by their fond papas and mammas! --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
- He [Lord Byron] never coddled his reputation. --Southey. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'coddle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- baby,
- bake,
- barbecue,
- baste,
- bay,
- blanch,
- boil,
- braise,
- brew,
- broil,
- brown,
- care for,
- caress,
- cater to,
- cherish,
- cocker,
- cook,
- cosset,
- cotton,
- cradle,
- cultivate,
- curry,
- dandle,
- devil,
- do,
- do to perfection,
- dry-nurse,
- favor,
- feed,
- fire,
- fondle,
- foster,
- fricassee,
- frizz,
- frizzle,
- fry,
- give way to,
- gratify,
- griddle,
- grill,
- heat,
- humor,
- indulge,
- lavish care on,
- mollycoddle,
- mother,
- much,
- nourish,
- nurse,
- nurture,
- oblige,
- oven-bake,
- pamper,
- pan,
- pan-broil,
- parboil,
- pat,
- pet,
- please,
- poach,
- prepare,
- prepare food,
- roast,
- satisfy,
- saute,
- scallop,
- sear,
- shirr,
- simmer,
- spoil,
- spoon-feed,
- steam,
- stew,
- stir-fry,
- suckle,
- sustain,
- toast,
- wet-nurse,
- yield to