entrain

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[ en-treyn ]
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verb (used without object)
  1. to go aboard a train.

verb (used with object)
  1. to put aboard a train.

Origin of entrain

1
First recorded in 1880–85; en-1 + train

Other words from entrain

  • en·train·er, noun

Words Nearby entrain

Other definitions for entrain (2 of 2)

entrain2
[ en-treyn ]

verb (used with object)
  1. Chemistry. (of a substance, as a vapor) to carry along (a dissimilar substance, as drops of liquid) during a given process, as evaporation or distillation.

  2. (of a liquid) to trap (bubbles).

  1. Meteorology. to transfer (air) into an organized air current from the surrounding atmosphere (opposed to detrain).

Origin of entrain

2
First recorded in 1560–70; from Middle French entrainer, equivalent to en- verb prefix + trainer “to drag, trail”; see en-1, train

Other words from entrain

  • en·train·ment, noun

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How to use entrain in a sentence

  • Orders were received for the Regiment to entrain for Machadodorp for the purpose of garrisoning the railway blockhouses.

  • Perhaps some soldiers are going along to a place of meeting, where they expect to entrain for the front.

  • Nobody came to the hotel to inform them when the unit was to entrain.

  • The men, their kitbags already packed and their equipment on, rapidly began to entrain in the waiting troop trains.

    Australia in Arms | Phillip F.E. Schuler

British Dictionary definitions for entrain (1 of 2)

entrain1

/ (ɪnˈtreɪn) /


verb
  1. to board or put aboard a train

Derived forms of entrain

  • entrainment, noun

British Dictionary definitions for entrain (2 of 2)

entrain2

/ (ɪnˈtreɪn) /


verb(tr)
  1. (of a liquid or gas) to carry along (drops of liquid, bubbles, etc), as in certain distillations

  2. to disperse (air bubbles) through concrete in order to increase its resistance to frost

  1. zoology to adjust (an internal rhythm of an organism) so that it synchronizes with an external cycle, such as that of light and dark

Derived forms of entrain

  • entrainment, noun

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