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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