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coddle

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcoddlecod‧dle /ˈkɒdl $ ˈkɑːdl/ verb [transitive] KINDto treat someone in a way that is too kind and gentle and that protects them from pain or difficulty SYN mollycoddle Don’t coddle the child – he’s fine!→ See Verb table Examples from the Corpuscoddle• She never needed coddling against exposure.• She was, to him, like one of the saints, the blushing idols she coddled and cooed.• Our car coddling extends way beyond an inadequate transit system.• Nor does he coddle his players.• The infantry were peasants, coddled, soft and fat.• Yet the coddling state continues to loom large.• Some Carlsbad residents feel that they need to coddle their budding high-tech companies sprouting around Palomar Airport.• Police Chief McBride says coddling young lawbreakers just creates more adult criminals.
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Verb table
coddle
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they coddle
he, she, it coddles
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they coddled
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have coddled
he, she, it has coddled
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had coddled
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will coddle
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have coddled
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Continuous Form
Present
I am coddling
he, she, it is coddling
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you, we, they are coddling
Past
I, he, she, it was coddling
you, we, they were coddling
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have been coddling
he, she, it has been coddling
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been coddling
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be coddling
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been coddling
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