English Dictionary

wean

IPA（発音記号）

/wiːn/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞 広義 句動詞 廃用

(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.

日本語の意味

乳離れさせる / 子供や若い動物を、母乳をやめた生活に慣れさせる

The mother decided to wean her calf after six months.

母牛は子牛を生後6か月で離乳させることに決めた。

意味（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.

The cow has weaned her calf.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To cease to depend on the mother's milk for nutrition.

The kittens are finally weaning.

意味（3）

(transitive, by extension, normally "wean off") To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated.

He managed to wean himself off heroin.

意味（4）

(intransitive, by extension) To cease to depend.

She is weaning from her addiction to tobacco.

意味（5）

(transitive, by extension, obsolete) To raise, to help grow toward maturity

For they are friends that help to weane my ſtate, Till men and kingdomes help to ſtrengthen it: […]

weans （ present singular third-person ）

weaning （ participle present ）

weaned （ participle past ）

weaned （ past ）