entrain
To draw along as a current doesTo draw (something) along as a current does.
Meaning
8 senses(transitive)To draw (something) along as a current does.
water entrained by steam
(transitive)To suspend (small particles) in the current of a fluid.
(transitive)To set up or propagate (a signal), such as an oscillation.
(figuratively, transitive)To conjoin, to link; as in a series of entities, elements, objects or processes.
(transitive)To become trained or conditioned in (a pattern of brain behavior).
(literary, rare, transitive)To draw, induce, or bring about.
(intransitive, poetic, transitive)To get into or board a railway train.
board a train
(transitive)To put aboard a railway train.
to entrain a regiment
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle French entrainer (modern French entraîner /entrainer), from en- + trainer (“toFrom Middle French entrainer (modern French entraîner /entrainer), from en- + trainer (“to pull, drag”).
From en- + train.
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Forms
entrains, entraining, entrained, entrainedAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle