- to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
- to withdraw (a person, the affections, one's dependency, etc.) from some object, habit, form of enjoyment, or the like: The need to reduce had weaned us from rich desserts.
- to accustom to; to familiarize with from, or as if from, childhood: a brilliant student weaned on the classics;suburban kids weaned on rock music.
- to cause (a child or young mammal) to replace mother's milk by other nourishment
- to cause to desert former habits, pursuits, etc
- a child; infant
