disembark Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb go ashore
    set down; debark.
    • The passengers disembarked at Southampton

WordNet


Dis`em*bark" transitive verb
Etymology
Pref. dis- + embark: cf. F. désembarquer.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Disembarked ; present participle & verbal noun Disembarking
Definitions
  1. 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" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a ship; to debark.
    And, making fast their moorings, disembarked. Cowper.

Webster 1913