<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) 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.</li><li>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.</li><li>verb phrase 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.</li></ul>