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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of wean.

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  • adjective freed of dependence on something especially (for mammals) mother's milk

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Examples

  • I found my milk supply adjusted quickly when I weaned from the pump at work, too.

    » Working and Breastfeeding a Toddler Strocel.com 2009

  • Le Guin led a generation away from realism: "The most vital writers of my generation have been weaned from a puritanical distrust of imagination by her influence."

    SF Tidbits for 5/25/09 2009

  • After he was weaned from the ventilator, his breathing was raspy, and the oxygen levels in his blood would dip dangerously low.

    Assistive therapies: oxygen, mechanical ventilation 2010

  • Le Guin led a generation away from realism: "The most vital writers of my generation have been weaned from a puritanical distrust of imagination by her influence."

    May 2009 2009

  • For myself, I believe that the crucial stage of development can occur between the ages of 14-18, a time in which many kids can be successfully weaned from a life of crime.

    2008 August 10 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008

  • For myself, I believe that the crucial stage of development can occur between the ages of 14-18, a time in which many kids can be successfully weaned from a life of crime.

    Tough On Crime Tactics For Youth « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008

  • And it was in Asia, not France — especially on assignment in China and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) — that the palate of the star of the future “French Chef” TV series would first be awakened, weaned from the golden age of canned, frozen and other processed food, the world of Pasadena home cooking.

    Julia Child: The OSS Years « Isegoria 2008

  • Too easy of an answer, but I would like to see those who can work weaned from the system.

    A Whole School Left Behind ____Maggie 2007

  • One of our problems is that we are still fairly young and live in a major metro area and have not yet been weaned from the auto.

    Owning A Car 2005

  • Most people would much rather carry on with their fantasies that my mother and grandmother were geisha, and that I began my training in dance when I was weaned from the breast, and so on.

    Excerpt: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 1997

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