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wean

/ˈwiːn/

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verb

weans; weaned; weaning

[+ obj] :to start feeding (a child or young animal) food other than its mother's milk

The calves are weaned at an early age.

wean from/off

[phrasal verb]

wean (someone or something) from/off (something) :to make (someone or something) stop doing or using (something)

efforts to wean the country from its dependence on foreign oil

I'm gradually weaning myself off cigarettes.

wean on

[phrasal verb]

wean (someone) on (something) :to have (someone) see, use, or experience (something) often especially from a young age - usually used as (be) weaned on

a generation of kids weaned on television [=a generation of kids who have watched television a lot since they were very young]

Although born in the 1970s, the singer says she was weaned on the music of the 1940s.