Usually means: Provides information in overly simple way.
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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word spoon-feeds:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. spoon-feeds: Merriam-Webster
  2. spoon-feeds, spoon-feeds: Collins English Dictionary
  3. spoon-feeds: Wordnik
  4. spoon-feeds: Wiktionary
  5. spoon-feeds: Dictionary.com
  6. spoon-feeds: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spoon-feeds: Idioms

(Note: See spoon-feed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (spoon-feed)

verb:  (intransitive) To help somebody (usually a baby or elder) to eat using a spoon; to feed using a spoon.
verb:  (transitive) To overly pamper or indulge (someone), so that they do not (or because they failed to) act or think for themselves.
verb:  (transitive) To give (something) in an overly pampering way, so that the recipients do not (or because they failed to) act or think for themselves.
verb:  (ambitransitive) To explain (something, to someone) in simple words; to explain (it, to them) in words of one syllable; to spell (it) out (for them).
▸ Also see spoon-feed


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