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DEBARK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does debark mean?
• DEBARK (verb)
The verb DEBARK has 1 sense:
1. go ashore
Familiarity information: DEBARK used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they debark ... he / she / it debarks
Past simple: debarked
Past participle: debarked
-ing form: debarking
... he / she / it debarks Past simple: debarked
Past participle: debarked
-ing form: debarking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Go ashore
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
Context example:
The passengers disembarked at Southampton
Hypernyms (to "debark" is one way to...):
land; set down (reach or come to rest)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
debarkation (the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft)
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