detrain

[ dee-treyn ]

/ diˈtreɪn /

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verb (used without object)

to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.

Meteorology. to transfer air from an organized air current to the surrounding atmosphere (opposed to entrain²def 3).

Nearby words

detraction, detractive, detractively, detractor, detractory, detrain, detribalize, detriment, detrimental, detrimentally, detrition

Origin of detrain

First recorded in 1880–85; de- + train

Related forms

de·train·ment, noun

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Examples from the Web for detrain

One unit took four and a half hours to detrain and several have taken more than three.
Servants of the Guns|Jeffery E. Jeffery
Orders to detrain for an embarkation center were momentarily expected.
The Delta of the Triple Elevens|William Elmer Bachman
The troops will detrain somewhere this side the frontier, and we can all take our old seats.
The Girl from Alsace|Burton Egbert Stevenson
A few short halts at stations, and we detrain at Suez, to resume our journey by sea; we have completed the overland portion of it.
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army|Charles Alexander Gordon

There they were to detrain and search every boat coming down from the north.
Life in an Indian Outpost|Gordon Casserly

British Dictionary definitions for detrain

detrain

/ (diːˈtreɪn) /

verb

to leave or cause to leave a railway train, as passengers, etc

Derived Forms

detrainment, noun

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detrain

verb (used without object)

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British Dictionary definitions for detrain

detrain

verb

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