TRAIN
\tɹˈe͡ɪn], \tɹˈeɪn], \t_ɹ_ˈeɪ_n]\
Definitions of TRAIN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file; "we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels"; "they joined the wagon train for safety"
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prepare (someone) for a future role or function; "He is grooming his son to become his successor"; "The prince was prepared to become King one day"; "They trained him to be a warrior"
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travel by rail or train; "They railed from Rome to Venice"; "She trained to Hamburg"
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a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding; "a string of islands"; "train of mourners"; "a train of thought"
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piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor; "the bride's train was carried by her two young nephews"
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a series of consequences wrought by an event; "it led to a train of disasters"
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exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition; "She is training for the Olympics"
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drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground; "The toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her long scarf behind her"
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train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
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train to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it; "train the vine"
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train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?"
By Princeton University
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a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file; "we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels"; "they joined the wagon train for safety"
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prepare (someone) for a future role or function; "He is grooming his son to become his successor"; "The prince was prepared to become King one day"; "They trained him to be a warrior"
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travel by rail or train; "They railed from Rome to Venice"; "She trained to Hamburg"
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a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding; "a string of islands"; "train of mourners"; "a train of thought"
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piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor; "the bride's train was carried by her two young nephews"
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a series of consequences wrought by an event; "it led to a train of disasters"
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exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition; "She is training for the Olympics"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A following edge. See Advancing edge, above.
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To draw along; to trail; to drag.
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To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.
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To teach and form by practice; to educate; to exercise; to discipline; as, to train the militia to the manual exercise; to train soldiers to the use of arms.
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To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen.
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To lead or direct, and form to a wall or espalier; to form to a proper shape, by bending, lopping, or pruning; as, to train young trees.
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To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head.
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To be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company.
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To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race.
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That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement.
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Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare.
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That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer.
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The after part of a gun carriage; the trail.
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The tail of a bird.
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A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite.
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A consecution or succession of connected things; a series.
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Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement.
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The number of beats of a watch in any certain time.
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A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine, or the like.
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A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad.
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A roll train; as, a 12-inch train.
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A heavy long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.
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The aggregation of men, animals, and vehicles which accompany an army or one of its subdivisions, and transport its baggage, ammunition, supplies, and reserve materials of all kinds.
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That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after, something; that which is in the hinder part or rear.
By Noah Webster.
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To instruct by practice; drill; discipline; educate; to aim or point at an object, as a cannon; discipline or tame for use; as, to train a wild animal; to prepare for athletic contests or horse racing; to direct the growth of, as a plant.
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To prepare oneself for a contest of strength.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. To fit by education and practice for some definite purpose. 2. To increase the virulence of bacteria by successive inoculations in animals.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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To draw along: to allure: to educate: to discipline: to tame for use, as animals: to cause to grow properly: to prepare men for athletic feats or horses for the race.
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That which is drawn along after something else: the part of a dress which trails behind the wearer: a retinue: a series: process: a line of gunpowder to fire a charge: a line of cars drawn by a locomotive on a railway.
By Daniel Lyons
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Anything drawn along; trailing part of a dress; retinue; series; line of gunpowder; line of cars.
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To draw along; allure; educate; discipline; tame; direct the growth of.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To develop by instruction and practise; educate; discipline.
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To direct; point; aim.
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To draw along; trail.
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To give or take a course of exercise and instruction.
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Anything drawn out to a length; a series of things drawn along, as a line of railway carriages; a line, as of combustibles, to conduct fire to a charge; the trailing part of a gown; a comet's tail.
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A retinue; suite.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Artifice; stratagem of enticement; something drawn along behind; the tail of a bird; a retinue; a series; process; a procession; a line of gunpowder to lead fire to a charge; a continuous line of cars on a railroad; all the apparatus and implements of war. Train of artillery, any number of cannon, mortars, &c., accompanying an army.
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To draw along; to entice; to allure; to discipline; to teach and form by practice; to educate; to breed; to form to a wall or espalier; also to lop and prune; to trace a lode or any mineral appearance to its head. To train up, to educate; to teach. To train a gun, to point it at some object.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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That which is drawn along behind; the long part of a dress behind; the after-part of a gun-carriage; a number of followers or attendants; a retinue; a regular method; a course; a series; orderly company; a procession; a line of gunpowder laid to fire a charge; on a railway, a number of carriages or trucks attached behind an engine.
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To draw; to form by instruction and practice; to break or tame for use; to cause to assume a proper shape in growth, as a tree; to point a large gun in a particular direction.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. That which draws along ; artifice or enticement;-that which is drawn along in the rear of or after something :-that part of a gown which trails behind the wearer ;-the after part of a gun-carriage;-the tail of a bird;-a number of followers; a retinue; -a succession of connected things ; a series;- regular method ; process ; course ;-a line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, or to a quantity intended for execution ;-a continuous or connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad.