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detrain

/ˈdi.tɹeɪn/

detrain verb: to exit from a train; to disembark.

detrain: to exit from a train; to disembark
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Verb

detrain (third-person singular simple present detrains, present participle detraining, simple past and past participle detrained)

  1. (intransitive) To exit from a train; to disembark.
    • If you plan to detrain at the next stop, please begin gathering your belongings.
    • As the train came to a halt at the depot, Anne detrained swiftly and ran toward the river.
    Antonyms:
    entrain
  2. (transitive) To remove (a passenger or passengers) from a train; to evacuate (passengers) from a train.
    • Following the accident passengers were detrained through the rear cab.
    • The trouble occurred on the 10.5 a.m. Paddington-Bristol trip, when gangers' tools left on the track near Swindon punctured one of the unit's fuel tanks and the passengers had to be detrained to wait for the down "Merchant Venturer".1961 February, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 122
    Antonyms:
    entrain
  3. To reduce one's training, particularly during the offseason, in preparation for a cycle of retraining.
  4. To transfer air from an organized air current to the surrounding atmosphere.

detrain meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

detrain in Tamil

புகைவண்டியிலிருந்து இறங்கு

detrain in Malayalam

തീവണ്ടിയിൽനിന്നും ഇറക്കുക, തീവണ്ടിയിൽനിന്ന് താഴെ ഇറങ്ങുക

Examples of detrain in a sentence

  • Lucy, loved by everyone in her family, refused to detrain and insisted on staying aboard for the entire journey.
  • At Bouira the detachment detrained, and the balance of the journey was made in the saddle.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 57:
  • Here my party detrained, but the train proceeded to Souk Ahras via Duvivier.1944 January and February, Major J. C. F. Lloyd Williamson, “Ambulance Trains in Algeria and Tunisia”, in Railway Magazine, page 6:

Antonyms of detrain

Forms of detrain

third-person singular presentdetrains
present participledetraining
past participledetrained
pastdetrained

Origin of detrain

From de- + train.

Words formed from detrain

Words that rhyme with detrain

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Questions about detrain

What does detrain mean?
Detrain means to exit from a train; to disembark.
What is detrain in Tamil?
Detrain in Tamil is புகைவண்டியிலிருந்து இறங்கு. See Detrain meaning in Tamil.
How do you use detrain in a sentence?
Lucy, loved by everyone in her family, refused to detrain and insisted on staying aboard for the entire journey.
What part of speech is detrain?
Detrain is a verb.
How do you pronounce detrain?
Detrain is pronounced /ˈdi.tɹeɪn/ (UK).
What is the past tense of detrain?
The past tense of detrain is detrained.

Words near detrain in the dictionary

  1. detraditionalization
  2. detraditionalize
  3. detraditionalized
  4. detraditionalizes
  5. detraditionalizing
  6. detrain
  7. detrained
  8. detraining
  9. detrainment
  10. detrainments
  11. detrains

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Adapted from Wiktionary: detrain (page history and authors); detrain (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); detrain (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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