Wean

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil 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.

   “The cow has weaned her calf.”

2. fiil To habituate (someone) to something, especially since childhood.

   “His generation was weaned on 1980's music.”

3. fiil To cease to depend on the mother's milk for nutrition.

   “The kittens are finally weaning.”

4. fiil To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated.

   “He managed to wean himself off heroin.”

5. fiil To cease to depend.

   “She is weaning from her addiction to tobacco.”

6. fiil To raise, to help grow toward maturity

   “For they are friends that help to weane my ſtate, Till men and kingdomes help to ſtrengthen it: […]”

7. isim A young child.

   “I, being but a yearling wean.”

8. özel isim A locality in the Gunnedah council area and the Narrabri council area, northern New South Wales, Australia.