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Adjective: weaned  weend
  1. Freed of dependence on something especially (for mammals) mother's milk
    "the just-weaned calf bawled for its mother"
Verb: wean  ween
  1. Gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk
    "she weaned her baby and started him on normal milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle";
    - ablactate
     
  2. Stop depending on

Type of: alienate, deprive, disaffect, estrange

Antonym: unweaned

Encyclopedia: Weaned

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