English > wean: 2 senses > verb 1, consumption| Meaning | gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Examples | - "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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| Synonym | ablactate |
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| Entails | breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck | give suck to |
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| Broader | deprive | Keep from having, keeping, or obtaining |
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| Spanish | ablactar, destetar |
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| Catalan | deslletar, desmamar |
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| Nouns | weaning | the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal |
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