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Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-treyn
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈtreɪn



Definition of entrain

Origin :
  • "to draw along," 1560s, from French entrainer (12c.), from en- "away" (see en- (1)) + trainer "to drag" (see train (n.)). Related: Entrained; entrainment. A word in chemistry; the word meaning "to get on a locomotive train" is a native formation from the 1860s.
  • As in board : verb embark on vehicle
  • As in embark : verb get on transportation object
  • As in get on : verb mount
Example sentences :
  • In reply to this the Russians were ordered to at once entrain.
  • Extract from : « The Traitors » by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
  • The frills are now all over and it is get ready to entrain and cross over to France.
  • Extract from : « The Red Watch » by J. A. Currie
  • Eventually, on the 8th, orders were received to entrain the next day.
  • Extract from : « Short History of the London Rifle Brigade » by Unknown
  • "Let them entrain with our boys, sir," suggested the kindly Anzac major.
  • Extract from : « A Lively Bit of the Front » by Percy F. Westerman
  • He found to his disappointment that only by returning to Madras could he entrain for Beypore.
  • Extract from : « A Bottle in the Smoke » by Milne Rae
  • Our heavy baggage had arrived from Sokode, and all was ready to entrain.
  • Extract from : « A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland » by Meg Gehrts
  • The bugle calls us to entrain, and the doors are thrown open.
  • Extract from : « The Human Slaughter-House » by Wilhelm Lamszus
  • And the next day the Division began to entrain for Bordeaux.
  • Extract from : « A "Y Girl in France » by Katherine Shortall
  • Nobody came to the hotel to inform them when the unit was to entrain.
  • Extract from : « Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross » by Alice B. Emerson
  • That night they had to march seven miles to entrain for the railroad nearest to Ypres.
  • Extract from : « Now It Can Be Told » by Philip Gibbs

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