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v. To accustom (the young of a mammal) to take nourishment other than by suckling.

v. To detach from that to which one is strongly habituated or devoted: She weaned herself from cigarettes.

v. To accustom to something from an early age. Often used with on: "The northerners among the refugees ... were weaned on harsh weather and infertile soils and are known for their rigorous work ethic” ( Lowell Weiss).

v. To cease giving milk to an offspring.

v. To quit from something to which one is addicted or habituated.

v. To cease to depend on the mother for nourishment.

v. To cease to depend.

n. A small child.

v. 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.

v. Hence, to detach or alienate the affections of, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of anything.

n. A weanling; a young child.

To accustom (a child or young animal) to nourishment or food other than its mother's milk; disaccustom to the mother's breast: as, to wean a child.

To detach or alienate, as the affections, from any object of desire; reconcile to the want or loss of something; disengage from any habit, former pursuit, or enjoyment: as, to wean the heart from temporal enjoyments.

n. An infant; a weanling.

n. A child; a boy or girl of tender age.

v. detach the affections of

v. gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk

"Tommy’s howling like a fookin wean and it’s fookin dark but Seamus can feel the fookin dirt raining down on him."

weaned    weaning    weans   

estrange    alienate    disaffect    alien    deprive   

weaning brash   

weaned    weaning   

weanling    alienate   

Aileen    Amin    Arleen    Augustin    Bean    Cathleen    Celine    Charlene    Christine    Clymene