train
Americannoun
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Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
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a line or procession of persons, vehicles, animals, etc., traveling together.
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Military. an aggregation of vehicles, animals, and personnel accompanying an army to carry supplies, baggage, ammunition, etc.
- Synonyms:
- convoy
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a series or row of objects or parts.
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Machinery. a connected set of three or more rotating elements, usually gears, through which force is transmitted, or motion or torque changed.
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order, especially proper order.
Matters were in good train.
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- arrangement, array
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something that is drawn along; a trailing part.
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an elongated part of a skirt or robe trailing behind on the ground.
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a trail or stream of something from a moving object.
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a line or succession of persons or things following one after the other.
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a body of followers or attendants; retinue.
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a series of proceedings, events, ideas, etc.
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the series of results or circumstances following or proceeding from an event, action, etc.; aftermath.
Disease came in the train of war.
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a succession of connected ideas; a course of reasoning.
to lose one's train of thought.
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Astronomy.
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the trace of light created by a meteor falling through the earth's atmosphere.
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the tail of a comet.
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a line of combustible material, as gunpowder, for leading fire to an explosive charge.
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Physics. a succession of wave fronts, oscillations, or the like.
verb (used with object)
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to develop or form the habits, thoughts, or behavior of (a child or other person) by discipline and instruction.
to train an unruly boy.
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to make proficient by instruction and practice, as in some art, profession, or work.
to train soldiers.
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to make (a person) fit by proper exercise, diet, practice, etc., as for an athletic performance.
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to discipline and instruct (an animal), as in the performance of tasks or tricks.
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to treat or manipulate so as to bring into some desired form, position, direction, etc..
to train one's hair to stay down.
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Horticulture. to bring (a plant, branch, etc.) into a particular shape or position, by bending, pruning, or the like.
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to bring to bear on some object; point, aim, or direct, as a firearm, camera, telescope, or eye.
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Archaic. to entice; allure.
verb (used without object)
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to give the discipline and instruction, drill, practice, etc., designed to impart proficiency or efficiency.
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to undergo discipline and instruction, drill, etc.
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to get oneself into condition for an athletic performance through exercise, diet, practice, etc.
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to travel or go by train.
to train to New York.
verb
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(tr) to guide or teach (to do something), as by subjecting to various exercises or experiences
to train a man to fight
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(tr) to control or guide towards a specific goal
to train a plant up a wall
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(intr) to do exercises and prepare for a specific purpose
the athlete trained for the Olympics
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(tr) to improve or curb by subjecting to discipline
to train the mind
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(tr) to focus or bring to bear (on something)
to train a telescope on the moon
noun
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a line of coaches or wagons coupled together and drawn by a railway locomotive
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( as modifier )
a train ferry
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a sequence or series, as of events, thoughts, etc
a train of disasters
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a procession of people, vehicles, etc, travelling together, such as one carrying supplies of ammunition or equipment in support of a military operation
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a series of interacting parts through which motion is transmitted
a train of gears
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a fuse or line of gunpowder to an explosive charge, etc
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something drawn along, such as the long back section of a dress that trails along the floor behind the wearer
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a retinue or suite
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proper order or course
Related Words
See teach.
Other Word Forms
- half-trained adjective
- minitrain noun
- mistrain verb
- nontrained adjective
- overtrain verb
- pretrain verb (used with object)
- self-trained adjective
- semitrained adjective
- supertrain verb
- trainable adjective
- trainless adjective
- undertrain verb (used with object)
- undertrained adjective
- untrained adjective
- well-trained adjective
Etymology
Origin of train
First 1350–1400; (verb) late Middle English traynyn “to pull or drag in the rear,” from Middle French trainer, Old French tra(h)iner, from unattested Vulgar Latin tragīnāre, derivative of unrecorded tragīna “something dragged or drawn” (compare Medieval Latin tragīna “carriage”), derivative of unattested tragere “to pull,” for Latin trahere; (noun) Middle English train, traine, from Old French tra(h)in (masculine) “series of people, animals, or things,” tra(h)ine (feminine) “something dragged behind,” both derivative of tra(h)iner
Example Sentences
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Many nations do not send athletes to it, while others take skeleton teams, shorn of their leading lights, whose winter focus instead lies on training for lucrative spring road races or prominent summer track opportunities.
From BBC
As robots take their usual spotlight at the annual CES gadget fest, insiders caution that making them truly like humans will take several more years and require lots of training.
From Barron's
November's figures were lifted by large-scale orders in the category for transport equipment including military vehicles, aircraft, ships and trains, according to Destatis.
From Barron's
He has essentially trained Tesla investors to discount near-term results and focus on the future.
From Barron's
However, programs that combined different types of activity and resistance training appeared more effective than aerobic exercise alone.
From Science Daily
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