wean

[ UK /wˈiːn/ ]
[ US /ˈwin/ ]

VERB

detach the affections of
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

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Pearce , a Zimbabwean architect living in Melbourne, has been inspired by the humble termite.
So asking them to use mild soaps and weaning them away from perfumes and deodorants is our primary task,’ he said.
Some women will wean off gradually by dropping feeds and reducing feed times over a period of weeks. Times, Sunday Times
Presently, piglet early weaning diarrhea is a knotty disease in most pig farm.
She's not, you know, weaned from her mama yet, and she's not even eating food yet.
Some people wean themselves off meat and fish by allowing themselves meat or fish once a month. The Family Nutrition Workbook
The other payback is the obvious reduction in weaning stress experienced by calves already eating creep.
Patients were screened daily using published guidelines for ability to wean from the mechanical ventilator.
On Friday we returned from a short break in the Lake District to find an email from a farm in Dumfries which has Tamworth weaners available.
Two researchers specializing in the psychology of health say they've found a more productive way to wean sun worshipers from catching some rays.

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