Meaning of DISEMBARK
| Pronunciation: | | `disem'bârk
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| | Definition: | | [v] go ashore; "The passengers disembarked at Southampton" |
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| | Synonyms: | | debark, set down |
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| | Antonyms: | | embark, ship | | |
| | See Also: | | land | |
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\Dis`em*bark"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disembarked}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Disembarking}.] [Pref. dis- + embark: cf. F.
d['e]sembarquer.]
To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land;
to debark; as, the general disembarked the troops.
Go to the bay, and disembark my coffers. --Shak.
\Dis`em*bark"\, v. i.
To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a ship; to
debark.
And, making fast their moorings, disembarked. --Cowper.
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| | Related Terms: | | alight, anchor, cast anchor, come to anchor, come to land, debark, debus, deplane, detrain, disemplane, dock, drop anchor, drop the hook, go ashore, kedge, kedge off, land, lash, lash and tie, lay anchor, leave, make a landfall, make land, make port, moor, put in, put into port, reach land, tie up, unboat |
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