WEAN

(verb) gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk
"she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk", "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle"
synonyms : ablactate
(verb) detach the affections of

Selected Mnemonic for wean

(Tag: English) Wean sounds like Bean ( say SoyBEAN)-- milk is considered a good alternative to cow's milk, so you can wean away the baby from its mother's milk and feed it soya milk instead.
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Mnemonics for wean

(Tag: ) wean == mean--asking to give away what we like, milk from baby, etc.
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(Tag: ) VI-HEEN KAR DENA, that is to cause to leave
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(Tag: ) snds like 'weep'-so baby started weeping wen they weaned her
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(Tag: hindi slang) wean sounds like mean>>> woh itani mean hai ki woh dudh pite bacche ka bhi dudh chinn le... kulata..
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(Tag: ) wean and ween sound same. ween means to think and wean means to deprive baby of mother's milk.wean has a->b. so wean is the baby one
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