weaned
/wiːnd/
adjective
- Describes a baby or young animal that has stopped drinking its mother's milk and now eats other food.
- The farmer separated the weaned lambs from the ewes.
- A weaned baby can start eating soft fruits and vegetables.
- The weaned kittens were ready to be adopted into new homes.
- No longer dependent on a particular habit, substance, or influence.
- The company is now weaned off government subsidies and stands on its own.
- After months of therapy, he felt fully weaned from his addiction.
- She was weaned from the constant need for social media approval.
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verb
- Past tense and past participle of wean.
- She weaned her baby gradually over several weeks.
- The doctor weaned the patient off the medication slowly.
- They weaned the calves before selling them to the dairy farm.