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entrain¹

Rhymes with -eɪn

Where it comes from

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

verb entrains · entraining · entrained

  1. transitive To draw (something) along as a current does. water entrained by steam
  2. transitive To suspend (small particles) in the current of a fluid. 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.
  3. transitive To set up or propagate (a signal), such as an oscillation.
  4. figuratively, transitive To conjoin, to link; as in a series of entities, elements, objects or processes.
  5. transitive To become trained or conditioned in (a pattern of brain behavior). There are several neurofeedback-related approaches that make use of auditory and/or visual stimulation (AVS) to entrain or disentrain brain electrical activity.
  6. literary, rare, transitive To draw, induce, or bring about. Thou muſt doe well, / Faith true obtaine: / Wit none repell, / Friend déere entraine.

entrain²

Rhymes with -eɪn

Where it comes from

From en- + train.

verb entrains · entraining · entrained

  1. intransitive, poetic, transitive To get into or board a railway train. There were two further unscheduled stops, one at a small station, Skalice, where a small party of tourists entrained, and at Břeclav, a junction and customs post on the Austrian frontier.

    Opposite: detrain

  2. transitive To put aboard a railway train. to entrain a regiment

    Opposite: detrain

entrain³

Rhymes with -eɪn

Where it comes from

From French entrain, a deverbal from entraîner (“to charm, enthuse”) or a derivation from être en train (“to be in a good mood”).

noun entrains

  1. archaic, countable, transitive, uncountable Spirit, liveliness, vivacity, drive. [T]he greater number of reasonable people attributed the want of entrain and dullness of the whole thing to the presence of Monsignore ——.

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Españoltrajinar, arrastrar

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@misc{entrain_2026,
  title = {entrain},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/entrain},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}