wean

[US]/wiːn/
[UK]/wiːn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. to cause to stop feeding on mother's milk; to cause to give up a habit or practice
n. (Scottish) a young child.

Phrases & Collocations

wean off

weaning process

Example Sentences

Traditionally piglets were weaned at eight weeks.

I was weaned on a regular diet of Hollywood fantasy.

The hospital managed to wean her off the drug.

It can be extremely difficult to wean children off junk food.

She weaned herself from cigarettes.

She tried to wean him away from football.

the doctor tried to wean her off the sleeping pills.

He was sent away to school to wean him from bad companions.

The patch enables smokers to wean themselves off cigarettes very gradually.

The results showed that lactic acid bacteria could increase the number of oxyntic cells in fundic gland of piglets after weaning (P0.05).

entilator weaning protocols may not be as useful in pediatrics as in adults. Systemic corticosteroids decrease the incidence of post extubation stridor and may reduce reintubation rates.

Real-world Examples

But, of course, the aspiration is to eventually wean itself off subsidy.

Source: PBS Interview Environmental Series

Every mammal with one exception stops drinking milk after it is weaned onto solid food.

Source: Coffee Tasting Guide

After just five weeks, these pups will be weaned and they will mostly eat lemmings.

Source: Wild Arctic

We ought to think about getting a nurse. Mrs Rose will leave, once the baby's weaned.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Segmented Version) Season 3

He's been weaned off of a mechanical ventilator.

Source: NPR News September 2020 Compilation

He aims, ambitiously, to wean the kingdom off oil.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

I read that a patient's heart can sometimes remodel itself and they can be weaned off the lvad.

Source: Grey's Anatomy Season 2

After six weeks with her new family, Arti is weaned.

Source: Human Planet

After weaning, they switch off the gene that allows them to digest milk.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

Well, if you did, you'd want to wean yourself off the stuff.

Source: If there is a if.

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