DISEMBARK

disembark, debark, set down

(verb) go ashore; “The passengers disembarked at Southampton”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

disembark (third-person singular simple present disembarks, present participle disembarking, simple past and past participle disembarked)

(transitive) To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore

Synonyms: land, debark

(intransitive) To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or airplane

Synonyms: debark, alight, get off, get out

Antonyms

• embark

Source: Wiktionary


Dis`em*bark", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembarked; p. pr. & vb. n. Disembarking.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + embark: cf. F. désembarquer.]

Definition: To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark; as, the general disembarked the troops.

Go to the bay, and disembark my coffers. Shak.

Dis`em*bark", v. i.

Definition: To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a ship; to debark. And, making fast their moorings, disembarked. Cowper.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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