wean

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verb

1. gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk (Freq. 1)
- 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
• Syn:
ablactate
• Derivationally related forms:
weaning
• Hypernyms:
deprive
• Entailment:
breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse,
lactate, give suck
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. detach the affections of
• Hypernyms:
estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody