v. t. | 1. | |
1. | To accustom and reconcile, as a child or other young animal, to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder; to cause to cease to depend on the mother nourishment. | |
2. | Hence, to detach or alienate the affections of, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of anything. | |
n. | 1. | A weanling; a young child. |
Verb | 1. | wean - gradually deprive (infants) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk" Synonyms: ablactate |
2. | wean - detach the affections of |