"wean" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwiː(ə)n/, /ˈweɪ(ə)n/, [weːn] Forms: weans [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Scots wean (literally “wee one”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|sco|wean|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=wee one|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Scots wean (literally “wee one”), {{bor+|en|sco|wean|lit=wee one}} Borrowed from Scots wean (literally “wee one”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} wean (plural weans)
  1. (Scotland, Ulster) A young child or animal. Tags: Scotland, Ulster
    Sense id: en-wean-en-noun-I3X5Mbz- Categories (other): Scottish English, Ulster English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /wiːn/ Audio: en-us-ween.ogg [US] Forms: weans [present, singular, third-person], weaning [participle, present], weaned [participle, past], weaned [past]
enPR: wēn Rhymes: -iːn Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*wenh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|wenen}} Middle English wenen, {{inh|en|ang|wenian||to accustom; habituate; train; prepare; make fit}} Old English wenian (“to accustom; habituate; train; prepare; make fit”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*wanjaną||to make wont; accustom}} Proto-Germanic *wanjaną (“to make wont; accustom”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*wenh₁-||to strive for; wish; love}} Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive for; wish; love”), {{cog|nl|wennen}} Dutch wennen, {{cog|de|gewöhnen}} German gewöhnen, {{cog|da|vænne}} Danish vænne, {{cog|sv|vänja}} Swedish vänja, {{cog|is|venja}} Icelandic venja, {{doublet|en|wone|wont|wonder|notext=1}} wone, wont, and wonder, {{doublet|en|win|notext=1}} win Head templates: {{en-verb}} wean (third-person singular simple present weans, present participle weaning, simple past and past participle weaned)
  1. (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. Tags: transitive Translations (to cease giving milk): ⁧فَطَمَ⁩ (faṭama) (Arabic), адняць ад грудзей (adnjacʹ ad hrudzjej) [perfective] (Belarusian), аднімаць ад грудзей (adnimacʹ ad hrudzjej) [imperfective] (Belarusian), адлучыць ад грудзей (adlučycʹ ad hrudzjej) [perfective] (Belarusian), адлучаць ад грудзей (adlučacʹ ad hrudzjej) [imperfective] (Belarusian), отбивам (otbivam) (Bulgarian), deslletar (Catalan), desmamar (Catalan), odstavit (Czech), přestat kojit [perfective] (Czech), afnemen (Dutch), vieroittaa (Finnish), sevrer (French), abstillen (German), entwöhnen (German), απογαλακτίζω (apogalaktízo) (Greek), elválaszt (Hungarian), ablaktar (Ido), scoith (Irish), svezzare (Italian), destetar (Ladino), whakamutu i te kai waiū (Maori), whakamakere ū (Maori), odstawiać od piersi [imperfective] (Polish), odstawić od piersi [perfective] (Polish), desmamar (Portuguese), hanuk'ay (Quechua), înțărca (Romanian), отнима́ть от груди́ (otnimátʹ ot grudí) [imperfective] (Russian), отня́ть от груди́ (otnjátʹ ot grudí) [perfective] (Russian), отлуча́ть (otlučátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отлучи́ть (otlučítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), destetar (Spanish), avvänja (Swedish), sütten kesmek (Turkish), відлучати від грудей (vidlučaty vid hrudej) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), відлучити від грудей (vidlučyty vid hrudej) [perfective] (Ukrainian), dứt sữa (Vietnamese), cai sữa (Vietnamese), ⁧אַנטװײנען⁩ (antveynen) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-wean-en-verb-A9w8Kltt Disambiguation of 'to cease giving milk': 39 27 5 27 2
  2. (intransitive) To cease to depend on the mother's milk for nutrition. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-wean-en-verb-3UV7wQ7V
  3. (transitive, by extension, normally "wean off") To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated. Tags: broadly, normally "wean off", transitive Translations (to cause to quit something to which one is addicted or habituated): отучвам (otučvam) (Bulgarian), deshabituar (Catalan), desacostumar (Catalan), päästä eroon (Finnish), päästä irti (Finnish), déshabituer (French), leszoktat (Hungarian), disabituare (Italian), odstawiać [imperfective] (Polish), odstawić [perfective] (Polish), deshabituar (Spanish), desengancharse (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-wean-en-verb-r-aR8vwU Disambiguation of 'to cause to quit something to which one is addicted or habituated': 3 2 93 2 1
  4. (intransitive, by extension) To cease to depend. Tags: broadly, intransitive Translations (to cease to depend): desacostumar (Catalan), odnaučit se [perfective] (Czech), odvyknout [perfective] (Czech), ontwennen (Dutch), vieroittua (Finnish), sevrer (French), entwöhnen (German), やめさせる (yame saseru) (Japanese), се одвикнува (se odviknuva) (Macedonian), odstawiać [imperfective] (Polish), odstawić [perfective] (Polish), отвыка́ть от груди́ (breastfeeding) [imperfective] (Russian), отвы́кнуть от груди́ (otvýknutʹ ot grudí) [perfective] (Russian), отвыка́ть (otvykátʹ) (english: any dependency) [imperfective] (Russian), отвы́кнуть (otvýknutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), avvänja (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-wean-en-verb-N09LK3Fh Disambiguation of 'to cease to depend': 8 25 4 63 0
  5. (transitive, by extension, obsolete) To raise, to help grow toward maturity Tags: broadly, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-wean-en-verb-K2QS3KR0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment): ⁧اِنْفَطَمَ⁩ (infaṭama) (Arabic), odvyknout (Czech), odnaučit se (Czech), spenen (Dutch), vieroittua (Finnish), απογαλακτίζομαι (apogalaktízomai) (Greek), 乳離れさせる (chichibanare saseru) (Japanese), одвикнува (odviknuva) (Macedonian), отуча́ть от груди́ (otučátʹ ot grudí) [imperfective] (Russian), отучи́ть от груди́ (otučítʹ ot grudí) [perfective] (Russian), отуча́ть (otučátʹ) (english: any dependency) [imperfective] (Russian), отучи́ть (otučítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), destetarse (Spanish), หย่านม (yàa-nom) (Thai), sütten kesilmek (Turkish)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment': 11 47 4 38 1

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          "sense": "to cease giving milk",
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          "_dis1": "39 27 5 27 2",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cease giving milk",
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          "sense": "to cease giving milk",
          "word": "entwöhnen"
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          "code": "el",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to cease giving milk",
          "word": "elválaszt"
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        {
          "_dis1": "39 27 5 27 2",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to cease giving milk",
          "word": "ablaktar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 27 5 27 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to cease giving milk",
          "word": "scoith"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 27 5 27 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to cease giving milk",
          "word": "svezzare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 27 5 27 2",
          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "to cease giving milk",
          "word": "destetar"
        },
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          "_dis1": "39 27 5 27 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to cease giving milk",
          "word": "whakamutu i te kai waiū"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 27 5 27 2",
          "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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        },
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "to cease giving milk",
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to cease giving milk",
          "word": "desmamar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "39 27 5 27 2",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "to cease giving milk",
          "word": "hanuk'ay"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 27 5 27 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to cease giving milk",
          "word": "înțărca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 27 5 27 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otnimátʹ ot grudí",
          "sense": "to cease giving milk",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "отнима́ть от груди́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 27 5 27 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otnjátʹ ot grudí",
          "sense": "to cease giving milk",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "отня́ть от груди́"
        },
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          "_dis1": "39 27 5 27 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otlučátʹ",
          "sense": "to cease giving milk",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "отлуча́ть"
        },
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          "_dis1": "39 27 5 27 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otlučítʹ",
          "sense": "to cease giving milk",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "отлучи́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 27 5 27 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cease giving milk",
          "word": "destetar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 27 5 27 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to cease giving milk",
          "word": "avvänja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 27 5 27 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to cease giving milk",
          "word": "sütten kesmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 27 5 27 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidlučaty vid hrudej",
          "sense": "to cease giving milk",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "відлучати від грудей"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 27 5 27 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidlučyty vid hrudej",
          "sense": "to cease giving milk",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "відлучити від грудей"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 27 5 27 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to cease giving milk",
          "word": "dứt sữa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 27 5 27 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to cease giving milk",
          "word": "cai sữa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 27 5 27 2",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "antveynen",
          "sense": "to cease giving milk",
          "word": "⁧אַנטװײנען⁩"
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          "word": "entwöhnen"
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    },
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      "word": "乳離れさせる"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "destetarse"
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      "word": "หย่านม"
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      "word": "sütten kesilmek"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She is weaning from her addiction to tobacco.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cease to depend."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cease",
          "cease"
        ],
        [
          "depend",
          "depend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, by extension) To cease to depend."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To raise, to help grow toward maturity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "raise",
          "raise"
        ],
        [
          "help",
          "help"
        ],
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ],
        [
          "maturity",
          "maturity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, by extension, obsolete) To raise, to help grow toward maturity"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wiːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːn"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-ween.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cb/En-us-ween.ogg/En-us-ween.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/En-us-ween.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "wēn"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "faṭama",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "word": "⁧فَطَمَ⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "adnjacʹ ad hrudzjej",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "адняць ад грудзей"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "adnimacʹ ad hrudzjej",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "аднімаць ад грудзей"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "adlučycʹ ad hrudzjej",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "адлучыць ад грудзей"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "adlučacʹ ad hrudzjej",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "адлучаць ад грудзей"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otbivam",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "word": "отбивам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "word": "deslletar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "word": "desmamar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "word": "odstavit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "přestat kojit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "word": "afnemen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "word": "vieroittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "word": "sevrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "word": "abstillen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "word": "entwöhnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apogalaktízo",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "word": "απογαλακτίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "word": "elválaszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "word": "ablaktar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "word": "scoith"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "word": "svezzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "word": "destetar"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "word": "whakamutu i te kai waiū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "word": "whakamakere ū"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "odstawiać od piersi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "odstawić od piersi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "word": "desmamar"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "word": "hanuk'ay"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "word": "înțărca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otnimátʹ ot grudí",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отнима́ть от груди́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otnjátʹ ot grudí",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отня́ть от груди́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otlučátʹ",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отлуча́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otlučítʹ",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отлучи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "word": "destetar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "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": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "відлучати від грудей"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidlučyty vid hrudej",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "відлучити від грудей"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "word": "dứt sữa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "word": "cai sữa"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "antveynen",
      "sense": "to cease giving milk",
      "word": "⁧אַנטװײנען⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "odviknuva",
      "sense": "to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment",
      "word": "одвикнува"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otučátʹ ot grudí",
      "sense": "to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отуча́ть от груди́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otučítʹ ot grudí",
      "sense": "to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отучи́ть от груди́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "any dependency",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otučátʹ",
      "sense": "to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отуча́ть"
    },
    {
      "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": "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": "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause to quit something to which one is addicted or habituated",
      "word": "disabituare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cause to quit something to which one is addicted or habituated",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "odstawiać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cause to quit something to which one is addicted or habituated",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "odstawić"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause to quit something to which one is addicted or habituated",
      "word": "deshabituar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause to quit something to which one is addicted or habituated",
      "word": "desengancharse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to cease to depend",
      "word": "desacostumar"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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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      "args": {
        "1": "loanword",
        "2": "Borrowed"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sco",
        "3": "wean",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "wee one",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sco",
        "3": "wean",
        "lit": "wee one"
      },
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wean (plural weans)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Scottish English",
        "Ulster English"
      ],
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        {
          "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "A young child or animal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "child",
          "child"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Scotland, Ulster) A young child or animal."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "Ulster"
      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwiː(ə)n/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈweɪ(ə)n/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[weːn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wean"
}

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