coddle (redirected from coddles)

cod·dle  (kdl)

tr.v. cod·dled, cod·dling, cod·dles

1. To cook in water just below the boiling point: coddle eggs.

2. To treat indulgently; baby. See Synonyms at pamper.

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[Possibly alteration of caudle.]

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coddler n.

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coddle [ˈkɒd^əl]

vb (tr)

1. to treat with indulgence

2. (Cookery) to cook (something, esp eggs) in water just below the boiling point

n

(Cookery) Irish dialect stew made from ham and bacon scraps

[of obscure origin; perhaps related to caudle]

coddler  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	coddle - treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" baby, cocker, cosset, featherbed, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil, indulge do by, treat, handle - interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"
	2.	coddle - cook in nearly boiling water; "coddle eggs" cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" cook - transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"

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coddle

verb pamper, spoil, indulge, cosset, baby, nurse, pet, wet-nurse (informal), mollycoddle She coddled her youngest son dreadfully.

Translations

coddle [ˈkɒdl] VT

1. (also mollycoddle) → consentir, mimar

2. (Culin) coddled eggs huevos cocidos a fuego lento

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coddle [ˈkɒd^əl] vt (= overprotect) [+ child] → couver

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coddle

vt

child, invalid → umhegen, verhätscheln

(Cook) eggs → im Backofen pochieren

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coddle [ˈkɒdl] vt (Culin) (esp eggs) → cuocere a fuoco lento (also mollycoddle) → coccolare

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coddle [ˈkɒdl] vt (Culin) (esp eggs) → cuocere a fuoco lento (also mollycoddle) → coccolare

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coddle

v coddle [ˈkodl]

to treat with great care like an invalid; to pamper She tended to coddle her youngest child. vertroetel يُدَلِّل، يَرْعى глезя rozmazlovat pylre om; forkæle verhätscheln κανακεύω mimar poputama با ملاطفت رفتار کردن؛ در پر قو خواباندن hemmotella dorloter לְפָנֵק खुब लाड़-प्यार करना mazati (el)kényeztet memanjakan hlúa að; dekra við coccolare 甘やかす 버릇없이 기르다 lepinti lutināt memujuk vertroetelen forkjæle, degge med rozpieszczać paparicar a cocoloşi нянчиться rozmaznávať razvajati maziti skämma bort, dalta med ประคบประหงม üstüne titremek 悉心照料，(父母)寵愛 голубити; пестити حد سے زیادہ ناز برداری کرنا chiều chuộng 悉心照料