English Dictionary

wean

/wiːn/

verb

(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.

It's time to wean the baby off breast milk.

意味（1）

(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.

The cow has weaned her calf.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To cease to depend on the mother's milk for nutrition.

The kittens are finally weaning.

意味（3）

(transitive, by extension, normally "wean off") To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated.

He managed to wean himself off heroin.

意味（4）

(intransitive, by extension) To cease to depend.

She is weaning from her addiction to tobacco.

意味（5）

(transitive, by extension, obsolete) To raise, to help grow toward maturity

For they are friends that help to weane my ſtate,

For they are friends that help to weane my ſtate, Till men and kingdomes help to ſtrengthen it: […]