weaned

Describes a person or animal that has been accustomed to not relying on its mother's milk for nourishment, often used figuratively to mean being accustomed to something from an early age.

• 🇫🇷Décrit une personne ou un animal qui a été sevré, c'est-à-dire habitué à se passer du lait maternel pour se nourrir; souvent utilisé au sens figuré pour désigner le fait d'être accoutumé à quelque chose dès le plus jeune âge.

1. Accustomed to solid food B1 formal

   Describes a baby or young animal that has stopped breastfeeding and started eating solid food.

   • The baby is fully weaned and now eats solid meals.
   • Weaned puppies require a special diet.
   • She was weaned at six months old.

   🇫🇷Sevré

2. Freed from dependency B2 formal

   Having been gradually freed from a dependency or habit.

   • He is weaned off his addiction to caffeine.
   • The organization is weaned from government funding.
   • She was weaned from her reliance on social media.

   🇫🇷sevré

   Synonymes: detachedestranged

• more weaned comparative form
• most weaned superlative form

A verb meaning to accustom a young mammal (especially a baby or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk, or to gradually cause someone to stop depending on something.

• 🇫🇷Habituer progressivement un jeune mammifère (surtout un nourrisson ou un animal) à une alimentation autre que le lait maternel, ou sevrer quelqu'un d'une dépendance ou d'une habitude.

1. Gradually stop breastfeeding B2 formal

   To gradually stop feeding a baby or young animal with its mother's milk and start giving it other food.

   • The mother began to wean her baby at six months.
   • Puppies are usually weaned by eight weeks of age.
   • She weaned the kitten onto solid food slowly.

   🇫🇷sevrer

   Synonymes: ablactate

2. Detach from a habit or influence C1 formal

   To cause someone to gradually stop doing something they like or are used to, especially a bad habit or dependency.

   • The program aims to wean people off their addiction to social media.
   • He tried to wean himself from his dependence on caffeine.
   • The therapist helped wean her from her reliance on sleeping pills.

   🇫🇷sevrer

   Synonymes: breakcuredetachdiscouragefreeseparatewithdraw

   Antonymes: accustomaddicthabituate

• weaned past participle
• weaned past simple
• weaning present participle
• weans third person singular