Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

entrain

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.66 in modern English

Syllables: en-train
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To draw (something) along as a current does.

Transitive verb

verb

To suspend (small particles) in the current of a fluid.

Transitive verb

verb

To set up or propagate (a signal), such as an oscillation.

Transitive verb

verb

To conjoin, to link; as in a series of entities, elements, objects or processes.

Transitive verb

verb

To become trained or conditioned in (a pattern of brain behavior).

Transitive verb

verb

To draw, induce, or bring about.

Literary; Transitive verb

verb

To get into or board a railway train.

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

verb

To put aboard a railway train.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"water entrained by steam"
"In certain cases, it is possible to entrain enough of the solids continually in the effluent gas stream and then to disentrain them again away from the bed."
"There are several neurofeedback-related approaches that make use of auditory and/or visual stimulation (AVS) to entrain or disentrain brain electrical activity."
"Hence, interestingly, a speaker (VR) might disentrain in no-frequency but entrain in the frequency of a particular discourse function; we also have a speaker with the opposite pattern (DF)."
"Thou muſt doe well, / Faith true obtaine: / Wit none repell, / Friend déere entraine."
"That infancie looketh forward, and age backward; was it not that which lanus his double viſage ſignifide? yeares entraine me if they pleaſe; but backward."

Etymology

From Middle French entrainer (modern French entraîner /entrainer), from en- + trainer (“to pull, drag”).

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Prefix: en
Root: entrainer, entrain

Usage

Inflected Forms

entrains (present, singular) entraining (participle, present) entrained (participle, past) entrained (past) entrains (plural)

Derived Forms

disentrain entrainable entrainer entrainment photoentrain reentrain reentrained unentrained

Antonyms

detrain

Rhymes With

again main pain campaign train brain explain remain gain plane rain chain

Questions

What does entrain mean?: To draw (something) along as a current does.
Where does entrain come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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