disembark
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.dis·em·bark
verb \ˌdis-əm-ˈbärk\Definition of DISEMBARK
transitive verb
: to remove to shore from a ship
intransitive verb
1
: to go ashore out of a ship
2
: to get out of a vehicle or craft
— dis·em·bar·ka·tion \(ˌ)dis-ˌem-ˌbär-ˈkā-shən, -bər-\ noun
See Examples of DISEMBARK
- The plane's crew members were the last ones to disembark.
- <the cruise passengers disembarked as soon as they got to the terminal in Miami>
Origin of DISEMBARK
Middle French desembarquer, from des- dis- + embarquer to embark
First Known Use: 1582
Rhymes with DISEMBARK
accent mark, acritarch, antiquark, cutty sark, deutsche mark, double-park, great white shark, hierarch, Joan of Arc, make one's mark, matriarch, meadowlark, metalmark, minipark, oligarch, paperbark, patriarch, Plimsoll mark, question mark, service mark, stringybark, telemark, thresher shark, tiger shark, trierarch, watermark, water park
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