The meaning of WEAN is to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing. How to use wean in a sentence.

Wean and ween may sound similar, but they have distinct meanings and uses. To wean is to accustom a child or young animal to food other than its mother's milk, marking the gradual …

WEAN definition: 1. to cause a baby or young animal to stop feeding on its mother's milk and to start eating other…. Learn more.

WEAN definition: to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food. See examples of wean used in a sentence.

1. to cause (a child or young animal) to lose the need to suckle; accustom to food other than the mother's milk. 2. to withdraw (a person, the affections, etc.) from some object or practice …

to withdraw (a person or thing) by degrees (from a dependence on something) to wean a patient from a ventilator, an addict from heroin, an economy from fossil fuels, etc.

Definition of wean verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

4 days ago · wean (plural weans) (Scotland, Mid-Ulster, others) A young child. quotations

wean (wēn), v.t. Zoology to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.

The word "wean" is correct and usable in written English. It is generally used as a verb, meaning "to gradually reduce dependence of a baby or young animal on its mother's milk," or "to cause …