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Definition of Entrain
1. Verb. Board a train.
Definition of Entrain
1. v. t. To draw along as a current does; as, water entrained by steam.
2. v. t. To put aboard a railway train; as, to entrain a regiment.
3. v. i. To go aboard a railway train; as, the troops entrained at the station.
Definition of Entrain
1. Verb. (poetic) To get into or board a train. ¹
2. Verb. (chemistry) To suspend small particles in the current of a fluid. ¹
3. Verb. (figuratively) To encarriage, to conjoin, to link; as in a series of entities, elements, objects or processes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Entrain
1. to board a train [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Entrain
Literary usage of Entrain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Web by Emerson Hough (1919)
"He passed the physical examination and was placed in Class I. I told him that
probably he would be called to entrain in June. I tried to get him to tell me ..."
2. Under Fire: The Story of a Squad (Le Feu) by Henri Barbusse (1917)
"All the troops won't entrain here. They'll entrain in echelons along the line
according to the position of the quarters and the period of reliefs. ..."
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