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Definition/Meaning

(verb)

To accustom a young animal or child to food other than its mother's milk.

e.g. The farmer began to wean the calf from its mother's milk.

(verb)

to make a young child or animal accustomed to taking food other than (and instead of) its mother's milk;

e.g. They tried to wean their child onto eating regular food.

(verb)

to free someone from something they are dependent on or to detach them from an unhealthy habit or interest, by making them accustomed to managing without;

e.g. He tried to wean himself off of coffee when he found that he was drinking too much of it.

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Similar Words

Disengage

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Opposite Words

Nurse

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