I глагол 1) отнимать от груди Например: to wean a calf from its mother — отнимать телёнка от матери The lamb is too young to be weaned from its mother yet. — Ягнёнок ещё слишком мал, чтобы отлучать его от матери. 2) (wean from) отучать (от чего-либо нежелательного) Например: to wean somebody away from bad company — избавить кого-либо от пагубного влияния компании II имя существительное; [употребляется в Шотландии] маленький ребёнок
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 1. to accustom (as a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing 2. to detach from a source of dependence Example: being weaned off the medication Example: wean the bears from human food — Sports Illus.; also to free from a usually unwholesome habit or interest Example: wean him off his excessive drinking Example: settling his soldiers on the land…, weaning them from habits of violence — Geoffrey Carnall 3. to accustom to something from an early age — used in the passive especially with on Example: students weaned on the Internet for research Example: I was weaned on greasepaint — Helen Hayes Example: the principles upon which he had been weaned — J. A. Michener