WEAN


Meaning of WEAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ wi:n ]

( weans, weaning, weaned)

1.

When a baby or baby animal is weaned , its mother stops feeding it milk and starts giving it other food, especially solid food.

When would be the best time to start weaning my baby?...

Phil took the labrador home and is weaning him off milk on to meat...

VERB : V n , V n off/from n

2.

If you wean someone off a habit or something they like, you gradually make them stop doing it or liking it, especially when you think is bad for them.

You are given pills with small quantities of nicotine to wean you from cigarettes...

VERB : V n off/from n

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