wean
/ˈwiːn/ verb C2- 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. · The cow has weaned her calf.
- To habituate (someone) to something, especially since childhood. · His generation was weaned on 1980's music.
- To cease to depend on the mother's milk for nutrition. · The kittens are finally weaning.
- To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated. · He managed to wean himself off heroin.
- To cease to depend. · She is weaning from her addiction to tobacco.
He/she/it weans · Past weaned · Past participle weaned · -ing form weaning
Verb forms
- Base form
- wean
- He/she/it
- weans
- Past
- weaned
- Past participle
- weaned
- -ing form
- weaning
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For years I had gradually weaned him from that drug mania which had threatened once to check his remarkable career.
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