| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  y n |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: yeaned, yean·ing, yeans
| | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To bear young. Used of sheep and goats. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To give birth to; bear. Used of sheep and goats. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English iyenen, yenen, from Old English *geanian : ge-, verb pref.; see kom- in Appendix I + anian, to bear young.
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