wean

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Birth , Biology weanwean /wiːn/ verb [transitive] MBHBto gradually stop feeding a baby or young animal on its mother’s milk and start giving it ordinary foodwean somebody onto something It’s time to start weaning her onto solid foods. → wean somebody off/from something → be weaned on something → See Verb table Examples from the Corpuswean• Some infants are weaned at six months.• The vote came on an amendment to a sweeping farm bill aimed at weaning farmers from federal subsidies.• The doctor never told me to wean him off the drug-to watch out for depression, anything.• Therefore puppies housed after weaning in insanitary surroundings are at greatest risk from this vice.• I remember thinking that, and may have made a significant advance toward weaning myself away from childish ways and thoughts.• That is, users are given smaller and smaller daily amounts of the drug until they are presumably weaned off opioids altogether.• You may have to use live Guppies and Goldfish before weaning on to dead foods.Origin wean Old English wenian

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wean

Simple Form

Present

I, you, we, they wean

he, she, it weans

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Past

I, you, he, she, it, we, they weaned

Present perfect

I, you, we, they have weaned

he, she, it has weaned

Past perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they had weaned

Future

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will wean

Future perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have weaned

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Continuous Form

Present

I am weaning

he, she, it is weaning

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you, we, they are weaning

Past

I, he, she, it was weaning

you, we, they were weaning

Present perfect

I, you, we, they have been weaning

he, she, it has been weaning

Past perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been weaning

Future

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be weaning

Future perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been weaning

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