wean

IPA: wˈin

noun

  • (Scotland, Ulster) A small child.

verb

  • (transitive) To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.
  • (intransitive) To cease to depend on the mother's milk for nutrition.
  • (transitive, by extension, normally "wean off") To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated.
  • (intransitive, by extension) To cease to depend.
  • (transitive, by extension, obsolete) To raise, to help grow toward maturity
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