Definition of wean Wean
/wiˈn/ - [ween] - wean
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| wean - gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle" | ||
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| deprive take away | ||
| wean - detach the affections of | ||
| disaffect, alien, estrange, alienate transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- wean (a.)
To accustom and reconcile, as a child or other young animal, to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder; to cause to cease to depend on the mother nourishment. - wean (a.)
Hence, to detach or alienate the affections of, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of anything. - wean (n.)
A weanling; a young child.
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wean
To stop feeding a young animal or child with mother's milk.
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🔤- wean, verb, present, 1st person singular of wean (infinitive).
- wean, verb (infinitive).
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