wean

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.Examples: "The cow has weaned her calf."; "Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned."transitive

2. (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.Examples: "His generation was weaned on 1980's music."broadlyoftentransitive

3. (intransitive) To cease to depend on the mother's milk for nutrition.Examples: "The kittens are finally weaning."intransitive

4. (transitive, by extension, normally "wean off") To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated.Examples: "He managed to wean himself off heroin."; "With Marvin getting older ... and walking now ... I thought it was time to start weaning him off of his bottle."; "The troubles of age were intended […] to wean us gradually from our fondness of life."broadlytransitive

5. (intransitive, by extension) To cease to depend.Examples: "She is weaning from her addiction to tobacco."broadlyintransitive

6. (transitive, by extension, obsolete) To raise, to help grow toward maturityExamples: "For they are friends that help to weane my ſtate, Till men and kingdomes help to ſtrengthen it: […]"broadlyobsoletetransitive