HyperDic: weaning

English > 1 sense of the word *weaning*:
NOUN	act	weaning, ablactation	the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal

weaning > pronunciation
Sounds	wiy'nihng
Rhymes	abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...

English > *weaning*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	The act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal.
Synonym	ablactation
Broader	substitution, exchange, commutation	The act of putting one thing or person in the place of another
Spanish	destete
Catalan	deslletament
Verbs	wean	gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk