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.
were 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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Then, just as they were weaning her away, as they thought, the blow fell.
From The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
Mother had through them acquired the belief that I was a rude and untrustworthy fellow, and she feared my boatmen companions were weaning me from her.
From Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers by Foster, W. Bertram
