WEAN


Meaning of WEAN in English

1. v.tr.

1. accustom (an infant or other young mammal) to food other than (esp. its mother's) milk.

2 (often foll. by from, away from) disengage (from a habit etc.) by enforced discontinuance.

Etymology: OE wenian accustom f. Gmc: cf. WONT 2. n. Sc. a young child.

Etymology: contr. of wee ane little one

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.