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Word entry · 4 letters

wean

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"Move from milk"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈwiːn/Part of speech verbSorted aenwStarts with WEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk

Word origin

From Middle English wenen, from Old English wenian (“to accustom; habituate; train; prepare; make fit”), from Proto-West Germanic *wannjan, from Proto-Germanic *wanjaną (“to make wont; accustom”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive for; wish; love”).

Used in a sentence

  • The cow has weaned her calf.
  • Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
  • His generation was weaned on 1980's music.

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