(Scotland, Ulster) A small child.

(transitive) To cease giving breast 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.

(intransitive) To cease to depend on the mother's milk for nutrition.

(transitive, by extension, normally "wean off") To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated.

(intransitive, by extension) To cease to depend.

(transitive, by extension, obsolete) To raise, to help grow toward maturity