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Definition of 'wean'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) wean
to cause (a child or young animal) to lose the need to suckle; accustom to food other than the mother's milk.

2. wean
to withdraw (a person, the affections, etc.) from some object or practice deemed undesirable:
to wean oneself from rich desserts.

Definition of 'wean'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) wean, ablactate
gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk
"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"

2. (verb) wean
detach the affections of

Definition of 'wean'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) wean
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

2. (adj) wean
hence, to detach or alienate the affections of, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of anything

3. (noun) wean
a weanling; a young child

Translation of 'wean'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to cause (a child or young animal) to become used to food other than the mother's milk The baby has been weaned (on to solid foods).
Afrikaans: speen	Arabic: يَفْطُم	Bulgarian: отбивам кърмаче
Brazilian: desmamar	Czech: odstavit	German: entwöhnen
Danish: vænne fra	Greek: αποκόβω από το θηλασμό	Spanish: destetar
Estonian: (emapiimast) võõrutama	Farsi: از شير گرفتن	Finnish: vieroittaa
French: sevrer	Hebrew: לִגמוֹל	Hindi: दूध छुड़ाना
Croatian: odbiti od sise	Hungarian: elválaszt	Indonesian: berhenti menyusu, menyapi
Icelandic: venja af brjósti	Italian: svezzare	Japanese: 離乳させる
Korean: 젖을 떼다	Lithuanian: atpratinti, nujunkyti	Latvian: atšķirt (bērnu) no krūts;
Malay: cerai susu	Dutch: spenen	Norwegian: avvenne (fra brystet)
Polish: odstawić od piersi	Persian: از شير گرفتن	Pashto: له تى پريكول، له تى څخه ب
Portuguese: desmamar	Romanian: aînţărca	Russian: отнимать от груди
Slovak: odstaviť	Slovenian: odstaviti od prsi	Serbian: odvikavati od sisanja
Swedish: avvänja	Thai: ให้ทารกกินอาหารอย่างอื่นแ	Turkish: memeden/sütten kesmek
Taiwanese: 使斷奶	Ukrainian: відривати від грудей	Urdu: دودھ چھڑانا
Vietnamese: cai sữa	Chinese: 使断奶
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