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ABLACTATE

Dictionary entry overview: What does ablactate mean?

• ABLACTATE (verb)
The verb ABLACTATE has 1 sense:

1. gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk

Familiarity information: ABLACTATE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ABLACTATE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

ablactate; wean

Context examples:

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

Hypernyms (to "ablactate" is one way to...):

deprive (keep from having, keeping, or obtaining)

"Ablactate" entails doing...:

bottle-feed; breastfeed; give suck; lactate; nurse; suck; suckle; wet-nurse (give suck to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

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ABLACTATE: related words searches

» deprive: pronunciation in phonetic transcription
» bottle-feed meaning
» lactate: pronunciation in phonetic transcription
» suck meaning
» suckle: pronunciation in phonetic transcription

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