English-Thai Dictionary

coddle

VT พะเน้าพะนอ  ประคบประหงม  เอาอกเอาใจ เกินไป  indulge spoil pa-nao-pa-nor

 

coddle

VT ลวก ไข่  poach simmer steam luak-kai

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CODDLE

Cod "dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Coddling.]Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. caddle to coax, spoil, fondle, and Cade, a. & v. t.] [Written also codle. ]

 

1. To parboil, or soften by boiling. It [the guava fruit ] may be coddled. Dampier.

 

2. To treat with excessive tenderness; to pamper. How many of our English princes have been coddled at home by their fond papas and mammas! Thackeray. He [Lord Byron ] never coddled his reputation. Southey.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

coddle

cod dle |ˈkädl ˈkɑdl | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 treat in an indulgent or overprotective way: I was coddled and cosseted. 2 cook (an egg ) in water below the boiling point. DERIVATIVES cod dler |ˈkädlər, ˈkädl -ər |noun ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘boil (fruit ) gently ’): origin uncertain; sense 1 is probably a dialect variant of obsolete caudle ‘administer invalids' gruel, ’ based on Latin caldum ‘hot drink, ’ from calidus ‘warm. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

coddle

cod ¦dle |ˈkɒd (ə )l | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 treat (someone ) in an indulgent or overprotective way: I was coddled and cosseted. 2 cook (an egg ) in water below boiling point. DERIVATIVES coddler noun ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘boil (fruit ) gently ’): origin uncertain; sense 1 is probably a dialect variant of obsolete caudle ‘administer invalids' gruel ’, based on Latin caldum ‘hot drink ’, from calidus ‘warm ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

coddle

coddle verb your sons are too old for you to be coddling them: pamper, cosset, mollycoddle; spoil, indulge, overindulge, pander to; baby, mother, wait on hand and foot. ANTONYMS neglect.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

coddle

coddle verb don't coddle repeat offenders —some of them prefer jail: pamper, cosset, mollycoddle, wait on someone hand and foot, cater to someone's every whim; spoil, indulge, overindulge, humour, pander to; spoon-feed, feather-bed, wrap in cotton wool; pet, baby, mother, nanny; archaic cocker. ANTONYMS neglect, treat harshly, be strict with.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

coddle

cod dle /kɑ́d (ə )l |kɔ́d -/動詞 他動詞 1 〖通例be ～d 〗〈人などが 〉 (必要以上に )大事に扱われる, 甘やかされる .2 〈卵など 〉をとろ火でゆでる .3 ｟英 ｠(食べさせて )…を丈夫にする .