weaner
Variant of wean
wean
definition
wean (wēn)
transitive verb
- to cause (a child or young animal) to become accustomed gradually to food other than its mother's milk; to cause to give up suckling; now, often, to cause to give up drinking milk from a bottle with a nipple
- to withdraw (a person) by degrees (from a habit, object of affection, occupation, etc.), as by substituting some other interest
- to be raised on or brought up with; to become accustomed to: with on weaned on good books
Etymology: ME wenen < OE wenian, to accustom, train, with sense of awenian, to wean < a- (< af-, away) + wenian < IE base *wen-, to desire, attain, be satisfied > L venus, love
Related Forms:
- weaner wean′er noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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