All 5 Uses of
wean
in
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- Her reason was: "She'll be weaned away from her home and family soon enough the way she's growing up.†
Chpt 23 *weaned = adapted
- His mother tried to wean him when he was nine months old but Gussie wouldn't stand for it.†
Chpt 29wean = adapt
- The poor woman figured and figured on a way to wean Gussie.†
Chpt 29
- Gussie was weaned.†
Chpt 29weaned = adapted
- It started a new fashion in weaning called, "Giving the baby the Gussie.†
Chpt 29weaning = adapting
Definition:
to adapt to
in various senses, including:
- "She was weaned at 3 months." -- a mammal's adaption to the removal of breastmilk (note this is the unqualified sense)
- "I weaned myself from cigarettes." -- adapted to the gradual removal of
- "I was weaned on progressive principals" -- raised on or adapted to at a very early age.