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featherbedding definition
featherbedding |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb featherbed Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb featherbed Entailment of verb featherbed Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb featherbed 2 senses of featherbed Sense 1 pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge => treat, handle, do by Sense 2 featherbed => hire, engage, employ Familiarity of verb featherbed featherbed used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb featherbed Sense 1 pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge => treat, handle, do by -------------- Sense 2 featherbed => hire, engage, employ -------------- Grep of noun featherbedding featherbedding Overview of noun featherbedding The noun featherbedding has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. featherbedding -- (the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required) Overview of verb featherbed The verb featherbed has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge -- (treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!") 2. featherbed -- (hire more workers than are necessary) Overview of noun featherbedding The noun featherbedding has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. featherbedding -- (the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required) Overview of verb featherbed The verb featherbed has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge -- (treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!") 2. featherbed -- (hire more workers than are necessary)
featherbedding definition
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