Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
ENTRAIN
entrain
(verb) board a train
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
entrain (third-person singular simple present entrains, present participle entraining, simple past and past participle entrained)
To draw along as a current does.
(chemistry) To suspend small particles in the current of a fluid.
(mathematics) To set up or propagate a signal, such as an oscillation.
(figuratively) To encarriage, to conjoin, to link; as in a series of entities, elements, objects or processes.
(neurobiology) To become trained or conditioned in a pattern of brain behavior.
Etymology 2
Verb
entrain (third-person singular simple present entrains, present participle entraining, simple past and past participle entrained)
(poetic, intransitive) To get into or board a railway train.
(transitive) To put aboard a railway train.
Antonyms
• detrain
Anagrams
• Tiernan, tannier, trannie
Source: Wiktionary
En*train", v. t. Etym: [F. entrainer.]
Definition: To draw along as a current does; as, water entrained by steam.
En*train", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + train.]
Definition: To put aboard a railway train; as, to entrain a regiment. [Recent, Eng.]
En*train", v. i.
Definition: To go aboard a railway train; as, the troops entrained at the station. [Recent, Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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