puhekieltä To cease giving milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.
The cow has weaned her calf.
Bible, Genesis xxi. 8
Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
The troubles of age were intended (..) to wean us gradually from our fondness of life.
John Oliver
(Dalai Lama) "Then, I suggested, “Drink much less vodka.” Instead of that, they traditionally also drink horse milk—" (Oliver) "Wait, hold on, you tried to wean them off vodka by giving them horse mil?" — (Dalai Lama) "Oh yes, and they follow."