wean

wean is a 4-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To accustom and reconcile, as a child or other young animal, to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder; to cause to cease to depend on the mother nourishment. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. To accustom and reconcile, as a child or other young animal, to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder; to cause to cease to depend on the mother nourishment.
2. adjective. Hence, to detach or alienate the affections of, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of anything.
3. noun. A weanling; a young child.
4. verb. gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk

   "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"

   "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle"

   Synonyms: ablactate

5. verb. detach the affections of

Synonyms

ablactate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in wean:

anew, wane

Common word forms

weans, weaned, weaner, weanly, weaning, weanable

Words from these letters

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