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61cook — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. prepare, concoct, fix, make; roast, broil, boil, fry, etc.; informal, doctor; slang, ruin, spoil. See food, heat, deterioration, falsehood. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. chef, short order cook, meat cook …
62poach — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. steal, thieve, filch, pilfer; encroach, infringe, trespass; boil, parboil, coddle. See stealing, heat. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To steal] Syn. filch, pilfer, smuggle; see steal . 2. [To blend] Syn. mash …
63spoil — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. damage, ruin, impair; overindulge, humor; despoil, plunder, sack, pillage, rob; decay, putrefy, rot, mold, ferment. See deterioration. n. plunder, loot, booty, spoliation. See acquisition. II (Roget s …
64cosset — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. pamper, fondle, coddle, pet. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To treat with indulgence and often overtender care: baby, cater, coddle, indulge, mollycoddle, overindulge, pamper, spoil. See TREAT WELL …
65mollycoddle — mol•ly•cod•dle [[t]ˈmɒl iˌkɒd l[/t]] v. dled, dling, n. 1) to coddle; pamper 2) a man or boy who is used to being coddled; a milksop • Etymology: 1825–35; molly, Mollyan effeminate boy (generic use of the female given name) +coddle mol′ly•cod… …
66mollycoddle — /ˈmɒlikɒdl / (say moleekodl) verb (t) (mollycoddled, mollycoddling) to coddle; pamper. {Molly (variant of Mary) + coddle} –mollycoddler, noun …
67mollycoddle — [mäl′ē käd΄ l] n. [ MOLLY + CODDLE] a man or boy used to being coddled, or protected, pampered, etc.; milksop vt. mollycoddled, mollycoddling to pamper; coddle mollycoddler n …
68featherbed — I noun a mattress stuffed with feathers • Syn: ↑feather bed • Hypernyms: ↑mattress II verb 1. treat with excessive indulgence grandparents often pamper the children …
69mollycoddle — v. & n. v.tr. coddle, pamper. n. an effeminate man or boy; a milksop. Etymology: formed as MOLL + CODDLE …
70Pet. — abbr. Peter (New Testament). * * * Peter. * * * Pet. (Bible) abbrev (the Letters of) Peter * * * pet1 «peht», noun, adjective, verb, pet|ted, pet|ting. –n. 1. any …
