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Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : en-treyn
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈtreɪn



Definition of entrained

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 destined : adj en route, on the road to
  • As in en route : adj on the way to destination
  • As in board : verb embark on vehicle
  • As in embark : verb get on transportation object
  • As in get on : verb mount
Example sentences :
  • We received our route and entrained at the Plymouth station.
  • Extract from : « A Soldier's Life » by Edwin G. Rundle
  • In the morning the Thirty-fourth entrained and returned to Fort Clowdry.
  • Extract from : « Uncle Sam's Boys as Sergeants » by H. Irving Hancock
  • They entrained soon after and are now in the neighbourhood of ——.
  • Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, September 9, 1914 » by Various
  • We “entrained,” as he would say in one of his military dispatches.
  • Extract from : « Penguin Persons & Peppermints » by Walter Prichard Eaton
  • On October 23 we marched to Proven and entrained there, getting out at Elverdinghe.
  • Extract from : « Q.6.a and Other places » by Francis Buckley
  • We left Courcelles about October 18, and entrained at Miraumont station.
  • Extract from : « Q.6.a and Other places » by Francis Buckley
  • They entrained in ordinary trucks and got into bivouac somewhere about midnight.
  • Extract from : « Australia in Arms » by Phillip F.E. Schuler
  • I thanked the pundit, and entrained immediately for Tarakeswar.
  • Extract from : « Autobiography of a YOGI » by Paramhansa Yogananda
  • One regiment after the other entrained in cars, and were whirled to the south.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Volunteers with the French Airmen » by Kenneth Ward
  • On the other side of the Ganges we entrained again and reached Calcutta by noon.
  • Extract from : « Life in an Indian Outpost » by Gordon Casserly

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