OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 15827

coddle

/ˈkɒd.əl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
consentir • malcriar • mimar • popar
To treat gently or with great care.
How many of our English princes have been coddled at home by their fond papas and mammas, walled up in inaccessible castles, with a tutor and a library, guarded by cordons of senti…
cocinar a fuego lento • escalfar • pochar
To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point.
It [the guava fruit] bakes as well as a Pear, and it may be coddled, and it makes good Pies.
a coddled egg