Detrain

Quick meaning: Detrain is a verb meaning (rail transport, intransitive) To exit from a train; to disembark.

Meaning

(rail transport, intransitive) To exit from a train; to disembark.

More Meanings

1. (rail transport, transitive) To remove (a passenger or passengers) from a train; to evacuate (passengers) from a train.
2. (of an athlete) To reduce one's training, particularly during the offseason, in preparation for a cycle of retraining.
3. (meteorology) To transfer air from an organized air current to the surrounding atmosphere.

Example Sentences

Following the accident passengers were detrained through the rear cab.

Here my party detrained, but the train proceeded to Souk Ahras via Duvivier.

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.

Word Forms

• detrains
• detraining
• detrained

Antonyms for detrain

Common opposites include entrain.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include disentrain, disembark, unboard, debark, detruck, exit.

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