wean

Meaning

1. 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.
2. To cease to depend on the mother's milk for nutrition.
3. To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated.
4. To cease to depend.
5. (obsolete) To raise, to help grow toward maturity

ablactate

wee ’un

snap off

snip off

be weaned

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wiːn/

From Middle English wenen, from Old English wenian (“to accustom; habituate; train; prepare; make fit”), from Proto-Germanic *wanjaną (“to make wont; accustom”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive for; wish; love”). Cognate with Dutch wennen, German gewöhnen, Danish vænne, Swedish vänja, Icelandic venja. Related via PIE to wone, wont, and wonder, and perhaps win.