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.

The primary difference between wean and ween lies in their usage and meaning. Wean is a commonly used verb associated with the gradual cessation of breastfeeding or dependency, whereas ween is an archaic verb that means to suppose or believe.

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.

If you wean someone off a habit or something they like, you gradually make them stop doing it or liking it, especially when you think is bad for them.

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 deemed undesirable: to wean oneself from rich desserts.

wean somebody/something (off/from/onto something) to gradually stop feeding a baby or young animal with its mother’s milk and start feeding it with solid food. Leopard cubs are weaned at three months. You can start weaning your baby when it's six months old.

Other forms: weaned; weaning; weans. To wean yourself from something is to gradually eliminate that thing from your life. You may want to wean yourself from watching too much TV, drinking two pots of coffee every morning, or obsessively reading the celebrity columns.