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Adjective coddled has 1 sense
- coddled, pampered, spoiled - treated with excessive indulgence; "pampered from earliest childhood, he believed the world had been invented for his entertainment"
Antonym: hard (indirect, via soft)
Verb coddle has 2 senses
- pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge - treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
--1 is one way to treat, handle, do by
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- coddle - cook in nearly boiling water; "coddle eggs"
--2 is one way to cook
Sample sentence:
The chef wants to coddle the eggs
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