coddle
/ˈkɒd.əl/verb
High School
1
To treat gently or with great care.
2
To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point.
3
To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect.
Thesaurus
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Rhymes
Words that share the same ending sound pattern
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing