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How to pronounce “wean”
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Pronunciation guide for wean
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of wean with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Animal Behaviour: A Very Short Introduction
after weaning.
- Definition summary
- (transitive) 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.
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How to pronounce wean
Animal Behaviour: A Very Short Introduction
after weaning.
Example Sentences
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Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) 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.
- (intransitive) To cease to depend on the mother's milk for nutrition.
- (transitive, by extension, normally "wean off") To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated.
- (intransitive, by extension) To cease to depend.
- (transitive, by extension, obsolete) To raise, to help grow toward maturity
- [Noun]
- (Scotland, Mid-Ulster, others) A young child.
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