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Definition of "entrain" [en•train]

  • To pull or draw along after itself. (verb-transitive)
  • Chemistry To carry (suspended particles, for example) along in a current. (verb-transitive)
  • To go aboard a train. (verb-intransitive)
  • To put aboard a train. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "entrain" in a sentence
  • "And sarcasms, sallies, jests, that French thing which is called entrain, and that English thing which is called humor, good and bad taste, good and bad reasons, all the wild pyrotechnics of dialogue, mounting together and crossing from all points of the room, produced a sort of merry bombardment over their heads."
  • "His vivid rythms display a grace, {501} an "entrain" and a piquancy, which remind one of"
  • "The effect is to "entrain" your brainwaves, meaning they begin to follow the beats."