wean
verb/wiːn/
/wiːn/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they wean | /wiːn/ /wiːn/ |
| he / she / it weans | /wiːnz/ /wiːnz/ |
| past simple weaned | /wiːnd/ /wiːnd/ |
| past participle weaned | /wiːnd/ /wiːnd/ |
| -ing form weaning | /ˈwiːnɪŋ/ /ˈwiːnɪŋ/ |
- 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.
- to wean a baby onto solid food
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- gradually
- attempt to
- try to
- (away) from
- off
- on
- …
Word OriginOld English wenian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wennen and German entwöhnen.
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