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WEANED

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Freed of dependence on something especially (for mammals) mother's milk

Example:

the just-weaned calf bawled for its mother

Classified under:

Adjectives

Domain category:

mammal; mammalian (any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk)

Antonym:

unweaned (not weaned)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb wean

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