# spoon-feed

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈspunˌfid/

## Definitions
1. To help somebody (usually a baby or elder) to eat using a spoon; to feed using a spoon.
2. To overly pamper or indulge (someone), so that they do not (or because they failed to) act or think for themselves.
3. To give (something) in an overly pampering way, so that the recipients do not (or because they failed to) act or think for themselves.
4. To explain (something, to someone) in simple words; to explain (it, to them) in words of one syllable; to spell (it) out (for them).

## Etymology
From spoon + feed.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/spoon-feed