entrain

Definitions


[ɛnˈtreɪn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- board a train
(e.g: arriving in Bombay, they entrain and travel up the country)


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[ɛnˈtreɪn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a current or fluid) incorporate and sweep along in its flow
(e.g: convection does not entrain liquids very far)

- (of a rhythm or something which varies rhythmically) cause (another) gradually to fall into synchrony with it
(e.g: electrical control is entrained throughout the stomach via adjacent muscle cells)


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Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘bring on as a consequence’): from French entraîner, from en- ‘in’ + traîner ‘to drag’


[ɒnˈtran], (Noun)

Definitions:
- enthusiasm or animation


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Origin:
French, from the phrase être en train (de) ‘be in the process (of), be in action’




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