1. (

• wean ,
• ablactate

) gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle" ;

2. (

• wean

) detach the affections of ;

1. (

• weaned

) freed of dependence on something especially (for mammals) mother's milk; "the just-weaned calf bawled for its mother" ;