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Wean has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

A small child.

Verb
1

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"

2

detach the affections of

3

To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
deprive estrange
Rhyming Words
ean yean jean sean dean pean kean lean hean rean zean bean mean rhean paean skean uvean arean quean glean
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