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  • v  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
  • v  detach the affections of
  • a  freed of dependence on something especially (for mammals) mother's milk
    the just-weaned calf bawled for its mother

  • But Pritchard helped save both turtles and tribe: He has lobbied Guyana and private sources for grants that have weaned the Arawaks off turtle meat and into chicken farming.
  • Most likely she succumbed to an infection or bad water or tainted food, as did some 50% of ancient Egyptian children within a year or two of being weaned.
  • Today the high command of Buchmanism is more mature, the movement calls itself the Oxford Group, and its policies have been weaned from sex.
News & Articles

  • 'I am Diana Ross' [Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)]
    Born in the Bluff City, weaned on the music of the Motor City, and now a rising star in New York City, the Broadway actress Valisia LeKae combines the best of three musical worlds in her latest role a star turn that has brought her to one of the most memorable nights of her life.
    June 12, 2013 - HispanicBusiness.com
  • Broadway role puts Memphis native in line for Supreme honor: Tony nomination
    Born in the Bluff City, weaned on the music of the Motor City, and now a rising star in New York City, the Broadway actress Valisia LeKae combines the best of three musical worlds in her latest role — a star turn that has brought her to one of the most memorable nights of her life.
    June 9, 2013 - Memphis Commercial Appeal
  • Fragile X drug taken away after positive outcomes
    CANTON, Ill.-- A mother is bracing herself for the return of her disabled son's daily struggles. That's because he's forcefully being weaned off of a life changing drug.
    June 9, 2013 - WEEK News 25 Central Illinois
Quotes

  • Barry Humphries in Sydney Morning Herald
    Humphries told White he had been "weaned off one or two toxic breasts" and asked him to a party at the Gazebo the following night.
  • Bill Belichick in SportingNews.com
    Memorial Stadium will always hold a special place for me because that's where I started,Belichick said. "Going up there to 33rd Street to watch the Orioles and the Colts play, when you grow up, you kind of get weaned onto those two sports....
  • Greg Chappell in ABC Online
    We are the only species of animal on earth that still consumes milk products after being weaned,Chappell wrote. "To make things worse, we do not even consume our own milk products but get them from another kind of animal. Dairy milk is a...

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