See wean in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"(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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"lang": "Arabic",
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"sense": "to cease giving milk",
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"code": "be",
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},
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"code": "bg",
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},
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"code": "cs",
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"code": "cs",
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},
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"sense": "to cease giving milk",
"word": "sevrer"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to cease giving milk",
"word": "abstillen"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"word": "entwöhnen"
},
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "to cease giving milk",
"word": "απογαλακτίζω"
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"word": "elválaszt"
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"code": "lad",
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"word": "destetar"
},
{
"code": "mi",
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"word": "whakamutu i te kai waiū"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cease giving milk",
"word": "whakamakere ū"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cease giving milk",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "odstawiać od piersi"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cease giving milk",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cease giving milk",
"word": "desmamar"
},
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"code": "qu",
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"sense": "to cease giving milk",
"word": "hanuk'ay"
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{
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"word": "înțărca"
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"tags": [
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"sense": "to cease giving milk",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cease giving milk",
"word": "destetar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cease giving milk",
"word": "desmamar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "to cease giving milk",
"word": "avvänja"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to cease giving milk",
"word": "sütten kesmek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidlučaty vid hrudej",
"sense": "to cease giving milk",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "uk",
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"sense": "to cease giving milk",
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "to cease giving milk",
"word": "dứt sữa"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to cease giving milk",
"word": "cai sữa"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
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"word": "diddyfnu"
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{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
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"sense": "to cease giving milk",
"word": "אַנטװײנען"
},
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "infaṭama",
"sense": "to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment",
"word": "اِنْفَطَمَ"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment",
"word": "odvyknout"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment",
"word": "odnaučit se"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment",
"word": "spenen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment",
"word": "vieroittua"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apogalaktízomai",
"sense": "to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment",
"word": "απογαλακτίζομαι"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chichibanare saseru",
"sense": "to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment",
"word": "乳離れさせる"
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{
"code": "mk",
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"sense": "to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment",
"word": "одвикнува"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otučátʹ ot grudí",
"sense": "to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "отуча́ть от груди́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "отучи́ть от груди́"
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"english": "any dependency",
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"sense": "to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "отуча́ть"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otučítʹ",
"sense": "to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отучи́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment",
"word": "destetarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment",
"word": "desmamarse"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "yàa-nom",
"sense": "to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment",
"word": "หย่านม"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment",
"word": "sütten kesilmek"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otučvam",
"sense": "to cause to quit something to which one is addicted or habituated",
"word": "отучвам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to cause to quit something to which one is addicted or habituated",
"word": "deshabituar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to cause to quit something to which one is addicted or habituated",
"word": "desacostumar"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to cause to quit something to which one is addicted or habituated",
"word": "dekutimigi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to quit something to which one is addicted or habituated",
"word": "päästä eroon"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to quit something to which one is addicted or habituated",
"word": "päästä irti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause to quit something to which one is addicted or habituated",
"word": "déshabituer"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cause to quit something to which one is addicted or habituated",
"word": "leszoktat"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to quit something to which one is addicted or habituated",
"word": "disabituare"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to quit something to which one is addicted or habituated",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to cause to quit something to which one is addicted or habituated",
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to quit something to which one is addicted or habituated",
"word": "deshabituar"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to quit something to which one is addicted or habituated",
"word": "desengancharse"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to cause to quit something to which one is addicted or habituated",
"word": "diddyfnu"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to cease to depend",
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cease to depend",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "odnaučit se"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cease to depend",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "odvyknout"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cease to depend",
"word": "ontwennen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cease to depend",
"word": "vieroittua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cease to depend",
"word": "sevrer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cease to depend",
"word": "entwöhnen"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yame saseru",
"sense": "to cease to depend",
"word": "やめさせる"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "se odviknuva",
"sense": "to cease to depend",
"word": "се одвикнува"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cease to depend",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "odstawiać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cease to depend",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "odstawić"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "breastfeeding",
"sense": "to cease to depend",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отвыка́ть от груди́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otvýknutʹ ot grudí",
"sense": "to cease to depend",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отвы́кнуть от груди́"
},
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"code": "ru",
"english": "any dependency",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otvykátʹ",
"sense": "to cease to depend",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отвыка́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otvýknutʹ",
"sense": "to cease to depend",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отвы́кнуть"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to cease to depend",
"word": "avvänja"
}
],
"word": "wean"
}
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"ref": "1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Third Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC:",
"text": "I, being but a yearling wean.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:",
"text": "And there were darker tales in the countryside, of weans stolen, of lassies misguided, of innocent beasts cruelly tortured, and in one and all there came in the name of the wife of the Skerburnfoot.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, page 92:",
"text": "Pigs, cows and sheep and wee ducks, that was what he bought and it was just for weans and wee lasses. I said it to my maw.\nOh it is not weans it is children. Oh Kieron, it is children and girls, do not say weans and lasses.",
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"A young child or animal."
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},
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"ipa": "/ˈweɪ(ə)n/"
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"ipa": "[weːn]"
}
],
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}
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"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Scotland, Mid-Ulster, others",
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"title": "wean",
"trace": ""
}
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Scotland, Mid-Ulster, others",
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