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I deliberately went to boarding school. It was my choice. My mum was abroad and I wanted to wean myself off being dependent. It was a very important time for me to be able to create my own individual, independent life; just as a way of growing up.
Alice Englert

Meaning of "wean" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WEAN

Old English wenian to accustom; related to German gewöhnen to get used to.
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PRONUNCIATION OF WEAN

wean  [wiːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WEAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wean is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb wean in English.

WHAT DOES WEAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Weaning

Weaning is the process of gradually introducing a mammal infant to what will be its adult diet and withdrawing the supply of its mother's milk. The process takes place only in mammals, as only mammals produce milk. The infant is considered to be fully weaned once it no longer receives any breast milk.

Definition of wean in the English dictionary

The definition of wean in the dictionary is to cause to replace mother's milk by other nourishment. Other definition of wean is to cause to desert former habits, pursuits, etc.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO WEAN

PRESENT

Present
I wean
you wean
he/she/it weans
we wean
you wean
they wean
Present continuous
I am weaning
you are weaning
he/she/it is weaning
we are weaning
you are weaning
they are weaning
Present perfect
I have weaned
you have weaned
he/she/it has weaned
we have weaned
you have weaned
they have weaned
Present perfect continuous
I have been weaning
you have been weaning
he/she/it has been weaning
we have been weaning
you have been weaning
they have been weaning
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I weaned
you weaned
he/she/it weaned
we weaned
you weaned
they weaned
Past continuous
I was weaning
you were weaning
he/she/it was weaning
we were weaning
you were weaning
they were weaning
Past perfect
I had weaned
you had weaned
he/she/it had weaned
we had weaned
you had weaned
they had weaned
Past perfect continuous
I had been weaning
you had been weaning
he/she/it had been weaning
we had been weaning
you had been weaning
they had been weaning
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will wean
you will wean
he/she/it will wean
we will wean
you will wean
they will wean
Future continuous
I will be weaning
you will be weaning
he/she/it will be weaning
we will be weaning
you will be weaning
they will be weaning
Future perfect
I will have weaned
you will have weaned
he/she/it will have weaned
we will have weaned
you will have weaned
they will have weaned
Future perfect continuous
I will have been weaning
you will have been weaning
he/she/it will have been weaning
we will have been weaning
you will have been weaning
they will have been weaning
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would wean
you would wean
he/she/it would wean
we would wean
you would wean
they would wean
Conditional continuous
I would be weaning
you would be weaning
he/she/it would be weaning
we would be weaning
you would be weaning
they would be weaning
Conditional perfect
I would have wean
you would have wean
he/she/it would have wean
we would have wean
you would have wean
they would have wean
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been weaning
you would have been weaning
he/she/it would have been weaning
we would have been weaning
you would have been weaning
they would have been weaning
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you wean
we let´s wean
you wean
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to wean
Past participle
weaned
Present Participle
weaning
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WEAN


bean
biːn
been
biːn
between
bɪˈtwiːn
clean
kliːn
cuisine
kwɪˈziːn
dean
diːn
eine
iːn
green
ɡriːn
Halloween
ˌhæləʊˈiːn
jean
dʒiːn
machine
məˈʃiːn
magazine
ˌmæɡəˈziːn
marine
məˈriːn
mean
miːn
nicotine
ˈnɪkəˌtiːn
queen
kwiːn
scene
siːn
screen
skriːn
seen
siːn
teen
tiːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WEAN

weald
wealsman
wealth
wealth tax
wealthier
wealthiest
wealthily
wealthiness
wealthless
wealthy
weanel
weaner
weaning
weanling
weapon
weapon dog
weapon system
weaponed
weaponeer
weaponize

WORDS THAT END LIKE WEAN

Aegean
Boolean
Caribbean
cetacean
Chilean
dry-clean
European
Guinean
Indian Ocean
jelly bean
Korean
lean
Mediterranean
ocean
sean
South Korean
soybean
spring-clean
the Caribbean
Zimbabwean

Synonyms and antonyms of wean in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «wean» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WEAN

Find out the translation of wean to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wean from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wean» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

使断奶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

destetar
570 millions of speakers

English

wean
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छुड़ाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فطم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отучить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desmamar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাই ছাড়ান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sevrer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Wean
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

entwöhnen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

>離乳させる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

젖을 떼다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wean
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dứt sưa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கவர
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कशाचेही विष्ठा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

vazgeçirmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

svezzare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odzwyczaić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відучити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dezvăța
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απογαλακτιστεί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

speen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avvänja
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avvenne
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wean

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WEAN»

The term «wean» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.087 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WEAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «wean» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «wean» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wean

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QUOTES WITH «WEAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word wean.
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Alice Englert
I deliberately went to boarding school. It was my choice. My mum was abroad and I wanted to wean myself off being dependent. It was a very important time for me to be able to create my own individual, independent life; just as a way of growing up.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WEAN»

Discover the use of wean in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wean and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of ...
Leptonychotes weddelli Lobodon carcinophagus Mirounga angustirostris Mirounga leonina Monachus monachus Monachus schauinslandi Phoca fasciata Phoca groenlandica Phoca hispida Phoca largha Phoca sibirica Phoca vitulina wean: ...
Virginia Douglass Hayssen, Ari Van Tienhoven, Ans Van Tienhoven, 1993
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Breastfeeding
Choosing. to. Wean. First and foremost, let's take a look at the definition of weaning. It means to gradually take away, to detach, or to alienate from an activity or source. This usually happens by replacing the source or activity with a substitute, ...
Annie Mark, 2001
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Congressional Record, V. 153, PT. 2, January 18, 2007 to ...
Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Raymond John "Jack" Wean, Jr., Chairman of The John Wean Foundation in Warren, OH. The John Wean Foundation was established in 1949 by Raymond John Wean, Sr., an inventive and ...
U S Congress, Congress (U.S.), 2010
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Haud Ma Chips, Ah've Drapped the Wean!: Glesca Grannies' ...
Luath. Press. Limited. committed to publishing well written books worth reading LUATH PRESS takes its name from Robert Burns, whose little collie Luath (Gael., swift or nimble) tripped up Jean Armour at a wedding and gave him the chance ...
Allan Morrison, 2012
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The Last Godfather: The Rise and Fall of Joey Massino
Ray Wean spotted an idle truck in downtown Manhattan, parked at a curb. Wean, who had the physique of a small building, saw household goods inside, which he assumed were valuable. He leapt in, started the truck and sped to Maspeth, ...
Simon Crittle, 2006
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Roof Management Improvement: Improving Infrastructure ...
LOCATION 1 WONUM | STATUSDATE I LOCATION I WOL01 I ACTSERVCOSTl ACTMATCOSTI ACTLABCOST I LeakCAT UTDC 403664 10/29/2003 12:50 UTDC OVER ROOM 51 189 0 0 1 WEAN 403757 10/29/2003 12:50 WEAN PATIO ...
Donald P. Coffelt (Jr), 2008
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King of the Godfathers: Big Joey Massino and the Fall of the ...
cooled his heels in the county lockup, Wean's common-law wife reached out to Colgan. “He likes you. He trusts you,” Wean's wife told Colgan, as she pleaded with the agent to visit her lover in jail. Out in Nassau County Wean knew that his ...
Anthony M. DeStefano, 2008
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King of the Godfathers: Joseph Massino and the Fall of the ...
Wean made the call to his new best friend. He was Patrick Colgan, the FBI agent who had arrested him and Joseph Massino six years earlier over a hijacked load of clothing on Grand Avenue. The problem for Wean though was that after his ...
Anthony DeStefano, 2007
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Portraits of Industry: The Culture of Work in the Industrial ...
Wean Collection Paintings In 1964 Wean United, Inc., an industrial machinery company located in Youngstown, Ohio, and Howard L. Worner formed an association that would last for a lifetime. Worner was to do paintings for an annual ...
Lorie A. Annarella, 2004
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Applied angiography for radiographers
This text chronologically presents the primary theories and applications of special radiologic procedures in a consistent organized manner.
Paul F. Laudicina, Douglas Wean, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WEAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wean is used in the context of the following news items.
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Island County commissioners appeal WEAN victory
Specifically, it ordered the county to safeguard the habitat of rare plants, prairies and the Western toad, WEAN said. The ruling ordered the county to regulate the ... «South Whidbey Record, Jul 15»
2
How To Wean Your Baby onto Solid Food
We are assuming you have started to wean your baby a little before six months. If you have started at six months you will need to move onto three meals per day ... «TV3.ie, Jun 15»
3
G7 leaders vow to wean their economies off carbon fuels
BERLIN, June 8 Group of Seven (G7) leaders agreed at a summit on Monday to wean their economies off carbon fuels and supported a global target for limiting ... «Reuters, Jun 15»
4
Baby pacifiers 101: How to choose, use and wean
Not only is it easier to wean from, but “they're going to do damage to their skin and nails and get infections if they continue to put their hands in their mouth,” said ... «Fox News, Jun 15»
5
Beaton hopes to “wean down” solar industry incentives
While the Baker administration maintains the state is poised to hit its solar energy production target even without a change in law, solar industry advocates said ... «Worcester Business Journal, Jun 15»
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It's time to wean ourselves off the fairytale version of farming
'At a deep, subconscious level, the farm remains a place of harmony and kindness – and this suits us very well if we want to keep eating meat.' Photograph: Ikon ... «The Guardian, May 15»
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Straight talking can help parents wean teenagers away from e …
Straight talking can help parents wean teenagers away from e-cigarettes, reveals new study. Monday, 25 May 2015 - 4:53pm IST | Place: Washington | Agency: ... «Daily News & Analysis, May 15»
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Govt to wean off universities
“I can confirm that Government has come up with a proposal to either have State universities meeting a certain percentage of their salaries or to wean them off ... «Nehanda Radio, May 15»
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In pictures: Ella's Kitchen hosts world's biggest wean
A team of experts were also on hand to provide parents with weaning tips and advice. Meanwhile Ella's Kitchen launched it's own Weeny Weaning Channel on ... «Event Magazine, May 15»
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Local doctor wants to wean people off of prescription drugs
Local doctor wants to wean people off of prescription drugs. By Kristin Goodwillie Published: Mar 27, 2015 at 5:08 PM PDT Last Updated: Mar 30, 2015 at 3:48 ... «KPIC News, Mar 15»

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