Train
[treɪn] or [tren]
Definition
(noun.) public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive; 'express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) a series of consequences wrought by an event; 'it led to a train of disasters'.
(verb.) exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition; 'She is training for the Olympics'.
(verb.) undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession; 'She is training to be a teacher'; 'He trained as a legal aid'.
(verb.) create by training and teaching; 'The old master is training world-class violinists'; 'we develop the leaders for the future'.
(verb.) travel by rail or train; 'They railed from Rome to Venice'; 'She trained to Hamburg'.
(verb.) cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it; 'train the vine'.
Typed by Geraldine--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To draw along; to trail; to drag.
(v. t.) To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head.
(v. i.) To be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company.
(v. i.) To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race.
(v.) That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement.
(v.) Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare.
(v.) That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after, something; that which is in the hinder part or rear.
(v.) That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer.
(v.) The after part of a gun carriage; the trail.
(v.) The tail of a bird.
(v.) A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite.
(v.) A consecution or succession of connected things; a series.
(v.) Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement.
(v.) The number of beats of a watch in any certain time.
(v.) A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine, or the like.
(v.) A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad.
(v.) A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.
(v.) A roll train; as, a 12-inch train.
Inputed by Leonard
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Trail, draw, drag, haul, tug.[2]. Educate, discipline, instruct, drill, school, exercise, nurture, breed, bring up, break in.[3]. Accustom, habituate, inure, use, familiarize.
n. [1]. Trail.[2]. Retinue, suite, staff, followers, CORTÈGE, body of attendants.[3]. Series, succession, consecution.[4]. Course, process, method, order.[5]. Line (as of cars connected together).
Typed by Evangeline
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Lead, rear, accustom, habituate, inure, drill, exercise, prose, discipline,Instruct, bend,[See CALAMITOUS]
ANT:Force, break, trail, disaccustom, dishabituate, miseducate, disqualify
SYN:Suite, procession, retinue, cortege, course, series,[See {*k> cate}?]
Typist: Marcus
Definition
v.t. 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.—v.i. to exercise to prepare one's self for anything: to be under drill: to travel by train: (coll.) to be on intimate terms with.—n. that which is drawn along after something else: the part of a dress which trails behind the wearer: a retinue: a series: process: a clue trace: a line of gunpowder to fire a charge: a line of carriages on a railway: a set of wheels acting on each other for transmitting motion: a string of animals &c.: a lure stratagem.—adj. Train′able capable of being trained.—ns. Train′-band a band of citizens trained to bear arms; Train′-bear′er one who bears or holds up a train as of a robe or gown.—adj. Trained formed by training skilled.—ns. Train′er one who prepares men for athletic feats horses for a race or the like; Train′ing practical education in any profession art or handicraft: the method adopted by athletes for developing their physical strength endurance or dexterity or to qualify them for victory in competitive trials of skill races matches &c.—including both bodily exercise and regulated dieting; Train′ing-col′lege -school the same as Normal school (see Norm); Train′ing-ship a ship equipped with instructors &c. to train boys for the sea; Train′-mile one of the aggregate number of miles traversed by the trains of any system—a unit of calculation.—Train fine to discipline the body to a high pitch of effectiveness: to train the intellectual powers.
Editor: Ricky
Unserious Contents or Definition
To see a train of cars moving in your dreams, you will soon have cause to make a journey. To be on a train and it appears to move smoothly along, though there is no track, denotes that you will be much worried over some affair which will eventually prove a source of profit to you. To see freight trains in your dreams, is an omen of changes which will tend to your elevation. To find yourself, in a dream, on top of a sleeping car, denotes you will make a journey with an unpleasant companion, with whom you will spend money and time that could be used in a more profitable and congenial way, and whom you will seek to avoid.
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Examples
- And then commenced a train of thought quite new to me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- I believe that he would have come all the way had it not been that Dr. Ferrier, who lives near me, was going down by that very train. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- This little conundrum came by the first post, and he was to follow by the next train. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was still early enough to catch the morning train. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I copied as quickly as I could, but at nine o'clock I had only done nine articles, and it seemed hopeless for me to attempt to catch my train. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Page in accordance with his subsequent patent of 1854, drew a train of cars from Washington to Bladensburg at a rate of nineteen miles an hour. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- There is in that train one who will make me a better mate. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- In speaking of education Plato rather startles us by affirming that a child must be trained in falsehood first and in truth afterwards. Plato. The Republic.
- Moreover, a priest is a man vowed, trained, and consecrated, a man belonging to a special corps, and necessarily with an intense _esprit de corps_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They are trained in this art from their youth, and are not always of noble birth, or liberal education. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- He is trained like an animal rather than educated like a human being. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- My mother had brought her up, and trained her as carefully, almost, as a daughter. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The directness and endurance of the influence of this trained veteran on his gifted son a hundred fine incidents attest. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- His long luxuriant hair was trained to flow in quaint tresses down his richly furred cloak. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- By an inspection of the trains, and by reckoning the time. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The Confederates were surprised to find our cavalry had possession of the trains. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Rear guards were not necessary for him, and having always a railroad at his back, large wagon trains were not required. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Suitable directions will at once be given for all trains and surplus artillery to conform to this movement. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- My object in having them sent to Belle Plain was to use them as an escort to our supply trains. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The road was filled with mule trains and long processions of camels. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- On these trains I employed a boy who sold bread, tobacco, and stick candy. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- To talk about training a power, mental or physical, in general, apart from the subject matter involved in its exercise, is nonsense. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The boy, Hexam, was training for and with a schoolmaster. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It'll do you good; it'll freshen you up and get you into training for another turn at the Chancellor. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- These people were people like ourselves, with brains as busy and moody and inconsistent, and with even less training and discipline. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His own good sense taught him that such a training of his servants was unjust and dangerous. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Their training was legal and therefore utterly inadequate, but it was all they had. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Through a process of training which has already made them good citizens they are now to be made good legislators. Plato. The Republic.
Edited by Leopold