1. Feeding someone (as a baby) from a spoon
   "The mother began spoonfeeding her infant pureed vegetables"
    
2. Teaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thought
   "The teacher avoided spoonfeeding and encouraged critical thinking instead"

1. Feed with a spoon
   "The nurse spoonfed the elderly patient"
    
2. Teach without challenging the students
   "This professor spoonfeeds his students"

Derived forms: spoonfeedings

Type of: alimentation [formal], feed, feeding, give, instruct, instruction, learn [archaic], pedagogy, teach, teaching