deplane
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diːˈpleɪn/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪn
- Hyphenation: de‧plane
Verb
deplane (third-person singular simple present deplanes, present participle deplaning, simple past and past participle deplaned)
- To disembark from an airplane.
- Synonym: disemplane
- 1971, Lyndon Johnson, “The Beginning”, in The Vantage Point[1], Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 16:
- As we pulled to a stop, a ramp was brought up to the front door and a forklift to the rear. Both doors were opened. I instructed my staff to wait, saying that none of us should leave until the casket was off and Mrs. Kennedy had deplaned.