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DISEMBARK
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they disembark ... he / she / it disembarks
Past simple: disembarked
-ing form: disembarking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
The passengers disembarked at Southampton
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "disembark" is one way to...):
land; set down (reach or come to rest)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Antonym:
embark (go on board)
Derivation:
disembarkation; disembarkment (the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft)