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spoon-feed

 1 verb giving food TRANSITIVEcothaigh le spúnógbeathaigh le spúnógto spoon-feed sb bia a thabhairt do dhuine le spúnóg, duine a chothú le spúnóghe spoon-fed the cat milk thug sé bainne don chat le spúnóg, thug sé bainne don chat ar spúnóg 2 verb giving help, information, etc TRANSITIVEpeataireacht a dhéanamh ar  c m umill verb  c m uthey spoonfeed students the information tugann siad an t-eolas do mhic léinn ar phlátathey're being spoonfed tá peataireacht á déanamh orthu

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