entrain

§English

§Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪn

§Etymology 1

[circa 1560] From French entraîner.

§Verb

entrain (third-person singular simple present entrains, present participle entraining, simple past and past participle entrained)

1. To draw along as a current does.

   water entrained by steam

2. (chemistry) To suspend small particles in the current of a fluid.
3. (figuratively) To encarriage, to conjoin, to link; as in a series of entities, elements, objects or processes.

§Etymology 2

[circa 1860] en- +‎ train.

§Verb

entrain (third-person singular simple present entrains, present participle entraining, simple past and past participle entrained)

1. (poetic, intransitive) To get into or board a railway train.
2. (transitive) To put aboard a railway train.

   to entrain a regiment

§Antonyms

• detrain

§Anagrams

• trannie

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§French

§Etymology

From entraîner.

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃tʁɛ̃/

• Audio

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§Noun

entrain m (uncountable)

1. spirit, liveliness, vivacity, drive

§Anagrams

• reniant

§External links

• “entrain” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).