featherbed

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I - noun

a mattress stuffed with feathers
• Syn:
feather bed
• Hypernyms:
mattress

II - verb

1. treat with excessive indulgence
- grandparents often pamper the children
- Let's not mollycoddle our students!
• Syn:
pamper, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle,
mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
• Derivationally related forms:
indulging (for: indulge), indulgence (for: indulge), spoiler (for: spoil), mollycoddler (for: mollycoddle), mollycoddle (for: mollycoddle), coddler (for: coddle), baby (for: baby), pamperer (for: pamper), pampering (for: pamper)
• Hypernyms:
treat, handle, do by
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. hire more workers than are necessary
• Hypernyms:
hire, engage, employ
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s