DETRAIN

detrain

(verb) leave a train

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

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.

Antonyms

• (to exit from a train): entrain

Anagrams

• 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



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