wean
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weans;
weaned;
weaning
weans;
weaned;
weaning
Britannica Dictionary definition of WEAN
[+ object]
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to start feeding (a child or young animal) food other than its mother's milk
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The calves are weaned at an early age.
wean from/off
[phrasal verb]
wean (someone or something) from/off (something)
:
to make (someone or something) stop doing or using (something)
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efforts to wean the country from its dependence on foreign oil
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I'm gradually weaning myself off cigarettes.
wean on
[phrasal verb]
wean (someone) on (something)
:
to have (someone) see, use, or experience (something) often especially from a young age
— usually used as (be) weaned on
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a generation of kids weaned on television [=a generation of kids who have watched television a lot since they were very young]
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Although born in the 1970s, the singer says she was weaned on the music of the 1940s.
