"Weanling" Pronounce,Meaning And Examples

"Weanling" Meaning

A young mammal that is still nursing from its mother, typically from birth to a few months of age.

"Weanling" Examples

Usage Examples of "Weanling"

Noun

Animals:
A weanling goat is a baby goat that is being weaned, the process of stopping the feeding of mother's milk.
The farm had a few weanlings that were getting stronger every day.
Human babies:
At 6 months old, a human baby is called a weanling until they stop breastfeeding.

Verb

Stopping a behavior:
It can be difficult to weanling a child from relying too much on pacifiers.
Gradually changing habits:
It's best to weanling teenagers from phone use to text while driving.
Gradually changing food habits:
To reduce reliance on ghost meat, we can weanling off the diet to try more vegan food.

Figure of Speech

A weanling into a new habit hard to change:
It's very challenging – new aeronautical designs take a long time to wean from earlier test results.