spoonfeeding
2.7
Feeding a person with a spoon, often a baby or patient
- noun
- /ˈspuːnˌfiːdɪŋ/
:
alimentación con cuchara
- Sometimes spoonfeeding is necessary when a child is very young or ill.
Examples
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Hospitals often require spoonfeeding for patients with difficulty swallowing.
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I saw a spoonfeeding session at the daycare.
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The mother spent the morning spoonfeeding her infant.
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The spoonfeeding process can be messy.
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The nurse was carefully spoonfeeding the patient who had difficulty swallowing food.
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For her newborn, she spent hours spoonfeeding him pureed fruits and vegetables.
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During the group activity, the caregiver demonstrated spoonfeeding techniques for the toddlers.
How Assisted
nasogastric feeding
- Specialized
spoonfeeding
2.7
Surface Forms
spoonfeeding singular
spoonfeedings plural
Morphology
Etymology
Spoonfeeding comes from the idea of using a spoon to 'feed' a baby or a sick person, giving them small bites. So it means the act of giving food to someone with a spoon.
