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Meaning
Verb
●
To
cease
giving
breast milk
to an
offspring
; to
accustom
and
reconcile
(a
child
or
young
animal
) to a want or
deprivation
of
mother's milk
; to take from the
breast
or udder.
●
To
cease
to
depend
on the
mother's milk
for nutrition.
●
To cause to
quit
something to
which one
is
addicted
,
dependent
, or habituated.
●
To
cease
to depend.
●
To
raise
, to help
grow
toward maturity
Noun
●
In Scottish English & Ulster English:
A small child.
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Origin
wean
English
ane
English
wee
English
we
Middle English (1100-1500)
wæge
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
wenian
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Weening
Medicate
Extricate
Feed
Breastfeed
Emancipate
Pull
Doze
Reintroduce
Fend
Divest
Taper
Siphon
Relieve
Suckle
Throw
Turn
Strip
Liberate
Cleanse
Scare
Disentangle
Lift
Starve
Absolve
Dissociate
Chew
Wipe
Disassociate
Rescue
Leach
Shield
Immunize
Push
Shrug
Rip
Soothe
Free
Ward
Deprive
Remove
Unshackle
Detox
Coax
Displace
Cut
Insulate
Prop
Purge
Sooth
Kill
Kick
Prune
Mooch
Jerk
Breast Feed
Kick The Habit
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Rhymes
Gene
Keen
Dean
Peen
Mien
Mean
Seen
Teen
Zine
Been
Ween
Dene
Lean
Bean
Wean
Jean
Jean
Yeen
Green
Scene
Skeen
Bleen
Tween
Clean
Rhyne
Glean
Queen
Preen
Irene
Sheen
Spean
Sheen
Stean
Demean
Beseen
Marine
'Tween
Spleen
Ravine
Unseen
Tajine
Bemean
Careen
Dudeen
Eugene
Sphene
Screen
Serene
Poteen
Scalene
Quinine
Shebeen
Emesene
Canteen
Demesne
Stettin
Cuisine
Obscene
Terrene
Apamene
Sardine
Engreen
Umpteen
Unclean
Machine
Fifteen
Joaquin
Sixteen
Thirteen
Fourteen
Magazine
Gasoline
Crudzine
Nineteen
Pristine
Eighteen
Submarine
Intervene
Palmyrene
Seventeen
Spodumene
Damascene
Christine
Letterzine
Smithereen
Antiochene
Aquamarine
Ultramarine
Indoleamine
Chocolatine
Internecine
Red Bean
Enigma Machine
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