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Definitions for Unweaned

[1] to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
[2] to withdraw (a person, the affections, one's dependency, etc.) from some object, habit, form of enjoyment, or the like: The need to reduce had weaned us from rich desserts.
[3] wean on , to accustom to; to familiarize with from, or as if from, childhood: a brilliant student weaned on the classics; suburban kids weaned on rock music.
[4] to cause (a child or young mammal) to replace mother's milk by other nourishment
[5] (usually foll by from) to cause to desert former habits, pursuits, etc
[6] Scot and Northern English dialect a child; infant

Words related to Unweaned

weanyouthful, infant, adolescent, young, growing, green, blooming, tender, formative, budding, junior, developing, babyish, boyish, callow, childlike, fresh, girlish, immature, inexperienced

Words nearby Unweaned

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Origin of Unweaned

weanbefore 1000; Middle English wenen, Old English wenian; cognate with Dutch wennen, German gewöhnen, Old Norse venja to accustom

Words that may be confused with Unweaned

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, weanwean, ween

Other words from Unweaned

wean·ed·ness [wee -nid-nis, weend -] /ˈwi nɪd nɪs, ˈwind-/ , noun
post·wean·ing , adjective
pre·wean·ing , adjective
un·weaned , adjective

Word origin for Unweaned

weana contraction of wee ane or perhaps a shortened form of weanling

Synonyms for Unweaned

youthful, adolescent, blooming, budding, developing, formative, green, growing, infant, junior, tender, young, babyish, beardless, boyish, callow, childlike, fresh, girlish, immature, inexperienced, infantile, jejune, kid stuff, milk-fed, naive, pubescent, puerile, teenage, undeveloped, unfledged, unripe, unsophisticated, vernal, younger