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wean from a habit
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wean from — ˌwean ˈoff ˌwean ˈfrom [present tense I/you/we/they wean off he/she/it weans off … Useful english dictionary
wean from — phrasal verb wean off or wean from Word forms wean off : present tense I/you/we/they wean off he/she/it weans off present participle weaning off past tense weaned off past participle weaned off wean someone off something to make someone gradually … English dictionary
wean off — ˌwean ˈoff ˌwean ˈfrom [present tense I/you/we/they wean off he/she/it weans off present participle … Useful english dictionary
wean — wean1 [wēn] vt. [ME wenen < OE wenian, to accustom, train, with sense of awenian, to wean < a (< af , away) + wenian < IE base * wen , to desire, attain, be satisfied > L venus, love] 1. to cause (a child or young animal) to become … English World dictionary
wean — [[t]wi͟ːn[/t]] weans, weaning, weaned 1) VERB When a baby or baby animal is weaned, its mother stops feeding it milk and starts giving it other food, especially solid food. [be V ed] The baby would be weaned and she would bring it home... [V n]… … English dictionary
wean off — phrasal verb wean off or wean from Word forms wean off : present tense I/you/we/they wean off he/she/it weans off present participle weaning off past tense weaned off past participle weaned off wean someone off something to make someone gradually … English dictionary
wean — 1. v.tr. 1 accustom (an infant or other young mammal) to food other than (esp. its mother s) milk. 2 (often foll. by from, away from) disengage (from a habit etc.) by enforced discontinuance. Etymology: OE wenian accustom f. Gmc: cf. WONT 2. n.… … Useful english dictionary
wean — O.E. wenian to accustom, from P.Gmc. *wanjanan (Cf. O.N. venja, Du. wennen, O.H.G. giwennan, Ger. gewöhnen to accustom ), from *wanaz accustomed (related to WONT (Cf. wont)). The sense of weaning a child from the breast in O.E. was generally… … Etymology dictionary
wean — Ⅰ. wean [1] ► VERB 1) accustom (a young mammal) to food other than its mother s milk. 2) (often wean off) make (someone) give up a habit or addiction. 3) (be weaned on) be strongly influenced by (something) from an early age. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
wean — /win / (say ween) verb (t) 1. to accustom (a child or animal) to food other than its mother s milk. –phrase 2. wean off (or from), to induce to give up dependence on (a substance, habit, or activity). 3. wean on, to expose to at an early age: I… …
wean — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English wenen, from Old English wenian to accustom, wean; akin to Old English wunian to be used to more at wont Date: before 12th century 1. to accustom (as a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by … New Collegiate Dictionary
