to wean
14
4.3
- verb
- /wiːn/
:
destetar
- Veterinarians recommend starting to wean puppies by six weeks of age.
- weaned pups
- weaned lambs
- weaned calves
If you use any form of tobacco, please wean that down and stop that.
- If you use any form of tobacco, please wean that down and stop that.
- Some women find that it takes several weeks or several months to wean down off these medications before they're able to stop them without having withdrawal symptoms.
- We said we were going to wean off of them, remember?
- Basically what typically happens is you wean the dog out.
Examples
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When should you start weaning a puppy from its mother?
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You ought to wean her.
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When do the mothers wean their young?
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But I didn't wean her till 14 months.
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With their mother's milk, they grow rapidly and are weaned at 10 weeks.
Academic text (2006) -
They have just been weaned.
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As children increase their consumption of complementary foods, they are gradually weaned from the breast.
Academic text (2004) -
The mother cat began to wean her kittens by teaching them to eat solid food.
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After a few months, it was time to wean the calf from its mother's milk.
Synonyms
To stop feeding a baby or young animal its mother's milk gradually
How Dependent
54
2.3
14
4.3
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wean comes from an old English word wenian, which meant 'to accustom' or 'make used to'. So it first meant slowly teaching a baby to do without its mother's milk, and that's why today wean means to stop feeding milk gradually.