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COSSET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cosset mean?
• COSSET (verb)
The verb COSSET has 1 sense:
1. treat with excessive indulgence
Familiarity information: COSSET used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they cosset ... he / she / it cossets
Past simple: cosseted
Past participle: cosseted
-ing form: cosseting
... he / she / it cossets Past simple: cosseted
Past participle: cosseted
-ing form: cosseting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Treat with excessive indulgence
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
baby; cocker; coddle; cosset; featherbed; indulge; mollycoddle; pamper; spoil
Context example:
Let's not mollycoddle our students!
Hypernyms (to "cosset" is one way to...):
do by; handle; treat (interact in a certain way)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
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