wean
verb (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.
was weaning
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past progressiveof wean.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The scale of distortion started coming into focus in 2023 as Macron was weaning the country off the programs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
With "No Country for Old Men" it was almost as if McCarthy was weaning off of the genre that had for 20 years treated him so well.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2023
The next day was weaning day — and the fence needed to be rock solid so the bison calves could be separated from their mothers.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2021
He was weaning off the medication, ready to return to the gym.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2013
My imprudence last winter, and some untoward accidents just at the time I was weaning my child, had reduced me to a state of weakness which I never before experienced.
From Letters on Sweden, Norway, and Denmark by Mary Wollstonecraft
