Disembark
[dɪsɪm'bɑːk;dɪsem-] or ['dɪsɪm'bɑrk]
Definition
(verb.) go ashore; 'The passengers disembarked at Southampton'.
Inputed by Ezra--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark; as, the general disembarked the troops.
(v. i.) To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a ship; to debark.
Checked by Barry
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Land, put on shore.
v. n. Land, go on shore.
Editor: Seth
Definition
v.t. to land persons troops &c.: to take out of a ship.—v.i. to quit a ship: to land.—ns. Disembarkā′tion Disembark′ment.
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Examples
- We voyaged by steamer down the Lago di Lecco, through wild mountain scenery, and by hamlets and villas, and disembarked at the town of Lecco. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- At last the boat stopped at a small town, and Legree, with his party, disembarked. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- We entered a small boat lying beside the island, and in a few minutes were disembarking upon Shador. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Strange, and desolate above all things, like disembarking from the Styx into the desolated underworld, was this landing at night. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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