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odstawić — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • wean verb To gradually stop a baby or young animal from feeding on milk, switching it to other food.

Senses

odstawić is used for these senses in English:

  • lay off (transitive, idiomatic) To cease, quit, stop (doing something).
  • wean (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.
  • wean (transitive, by extension, normally "wean off") To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated.

wean — full definition

  1. verb To gradually stop a baby or young animal from feeding on milk, switching it to other food.
  2. verb To gradually break a habit or dependence.

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