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entrain

[ en-treyn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

entrain

[ en-treyn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

Chemistry. (of a substance, as a vapor) to carry along (a dissimilar substance, as drops of liquid) during a given process, as evaporation or distillation.
(of a liquid) to trap (bubbles).
Meteorology. to transfer (air) into an organized air current from the surrounding atmosphere ( detrain ).

entrain

/ ɪnˈtreɪn /

(of a liquid or gas) to carry along (drops of liquid, bubbles, etc), as in certain distillations
to disperse (air bubbles) through concrete in order to increase its resistance to frost
zoology to adjust (an internal rhythm of an organism) so that it synchronizes with an external cycle, such as that of light and dark

entrain

/ ɪnˈtreɪn /

Origin of entrain¹

First recorded in 1880–85; en- ¹ + train

Origin of entrain²

First recorded in 1560–70; from Middle French entrainer, equivalent to en- verb prefix + trainer “to drag, trail”; en- ¹, train

There was a general rush to the stores after dinner, as we hear we are to entrain for Pretoria to-morrow.

Orders were received for the Regiment to entrain for Machadodorp for the purpose of garrisoning the railway blockhouses.

Perhaps some soldiers are going along to a place of meeting, where they expect to entrain for the front.

Nobody came to the hotel to inform them when the unit was to entrain.

The men, their kitbags already packed and their equipment on, rapidly began to entrain in the waiting troop trains.

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