Wean

What do we mean by wean?

To accustom (the young of a mammal) to take nourishment other than by suckling. transitive verb

To detach from that to which one is strongly habituated or devoted. transitive verb

To accustom to something from an early age. Often used with on: transitive verb

To accustom (a child or young animal) to nourishment or food other than its mother's milk; disaccustom to the mother's breast: as, to wean a child.

To detach or alienate, as the affections, from any object of desire; reconcile to the want or loss of something; disengage from any habit, former pursuit, or enjoyment: as, to wean the heart from temporal enjoyments.

An infant; a weanling. noun

A child; a boy or girl of tender age. noun

To accustom and reconcile, as a child or other young animal, to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder; to cause to cease to depend on the mother nourishment. transitive verb

Hence, to detach or alienate the affections of, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of anything. transitive verb

A weanling; a young child. noun

To cease giving milk to an offspring. verb

To quit from something to which one is addicted or habituated. verb

To cease to depend on the mother for nourishment. verb

To cease to depend. verb

A small child. noun

Detach the affections of verb

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

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word wean. Define wean, wean synonyms, wean pronunciation, wean translation, English dictionary definition of wean.

Words that are spelled similarly to wean:
wean.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word wean:
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Words that rhyme with wean:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe wean:
terminal, puir, ill, wise, unchristened, successful, restless, gradual.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective wean:
patients, patient, finish, pigs, child, client, calves, thyself, lambs, ing, united, captive, time.

Consonant match to wean:
one, win, wine, wane, when, whine, wan, won, wen, wain, juan, wayne, wein, wynn, wien, wynne, winn, whan, wann, wyne, winne.

Words that sound like wean:
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