detrain
(verb) leave a train
Source: WordNet® 3.1
detrain (third-person singular simple present detrains, present participle detraining, simple past and past participle detrained)
(rail transport, intransitive) To exit from a train; to disembark
(rail transport, transitive) to remove a passenger or passengers from a train; to evacuate passengers from a train.
(of an athlete) to reduce one's training, particularly during the offseason, in preparation for a cycle of retraining.
• (to exit from a train): entrain
• antired, natride, tan ride, trade in, trade-in, trained
Source: Wiktionary
De*train", v. i. & t.
Definition: To alight, or to cause to alight, from a railway train. [Eng.] London Graphic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
