Now, policy makers have to figure out how to wean the economy off state support.
From the bloomberg.com
Over the course of the year, it will help wean you from water-wasting practices.
From the sacbee.com
As Lujan becomes more self-sufficient, the goal is to wean her from the program.
From the charlotteobserver.com
What if, over the next generation or two, we wean ourselves from the automobile?
From the denverpost.com
Rex and Annie decide it is time to wean Kellyanne from her invisible companions.
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The nation won't wean itself off oil overnight, but we've barely started trying.
From the latimes.com
As is common to addicts, those close to Harrington try to wean him off his habit.
From the time.com
Will clients also insist they wean themselves off the 30-second spot addiction?
From the guardian.co.uk
But as I learned on a dairy farm, one must wean the heifer as well as the calf.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
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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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(weaned) freed of dependence on something especially (for mammals) mother's milk; "the just-weaned calf bawled for its mother"
(weaning) the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal
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Weaning is the process of gradually introducing a mammal infant, either human or animal, to what will be its adult diet and withdrawing the supply of its mother's milk.
A small child; To cease giving milk to an offspring; To cease to depend on the mother for nourishment; To cease to depend
(Weaned) means that an animal has become accustomed to take solid food and has so done, without nursing, for a period of at least 5 days.
(Weaned) refers to an animal that no longer needs its mother's milk and can eat the normal food for its species