Definitions for train
treɪntrain

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. train, railroad trainnoun

   public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive

   "express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction"

2. string, trainnoun

   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"

3. caravan, train, wagon trainnoun

   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"

4. trainnoun

   a series of consequences wrought by an event

   "it led to a train of disasters"

5. trainnoun

   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"

6. gearing, gear, geartrain, power train, trainverb

   wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed

   "the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain"

7. train, develop, prepare, educateverb

   create by training and teaching

   "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"

8. train, prepareverb

   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"

9. discipline, train, check, conditionverb

   develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control

   "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?"

10. prepare, groom, trainverb

    educate 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"

11. educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civiliseverb

    teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

    "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"

12. aim, take, train, take aim, directverb

    point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards

    "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent"

13. coach, trainverb

    teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports

    "He is training our Olympic team"; "She is coaching the crew"

14. trainverb

    exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition

    "She is training for the Olympics"

15. trainverb

    cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it

    "train the vine"

16. train, railverb

    travel by rail or train

    "They railed from Rome to Venice"; "She trained to Hamburg"

17. trail, trainverb

    drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground

    "The toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her long scarf behind her"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Trainnoun

   Etymology: train, Fr.

   1. Artifice; stratagem of enticement.

   He cast by treaty and by trains
   Her to persuade. Fairy Queen, b. i.

   Their general did with due care provide,
   To save his men from ambush and from train. Edward Fairfax.

   This mov’d the king,
   To lay to draw him in by any train. Samuel Daniel, Civil War.

   Swol’n with pride into the snare I fell
   Of fair fallacious looks, venereal trains,
   Soft’ned with pleasure and voluptuous life. John Milton, Agon.

   Now to my charms
   And to my wily trains! I shall ere long
   Be well stock’d with as fair a herd as graz’d
   About my mother Circe. John Milton.

   The practice begins of crafty men upon the simple and good; these easily follow and are caught, while the others lay trains and pursue a game. William Temple.

   2. The tail of a bird.

   Contracting their body, and being forced to draw in their fore parts to establish the hinder in the elevation of the train, if the fore parts do part and incline to the ground, the hinder grow too weak, and suffer the train to fall. Brown.

   The bird guideth her body with her train, and the ship is steered with the rudder. George Hakewill.

   Th’ other, whose gay train
   Adorns him colour’d with the florid hue
   Of rainbows and starry eyes. John Milton.

   Rivers now stream and draw their humid train. John Milton.

   The train steers their flights, and turns their bodies like the rudder of a ship; as the kite, by a light turning of his train, moves his body which way he pleases. John Ray.

   3. The part of a gown that falls behind upon the ground.

   A thousand pounds a year, for pure respect!
   That promises more thousands: honour’s train
   Is longer than his fore skirts. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   Costly followers are not to be liked, lest while a man makes his train longer he makes his wings shorter. Francis Bacon.

   4. A series; a consecution.

   Distinct gradual growth in knowledge carries its own light with it, in every step of its progression, in an easy and orderly train. John Locke.

   If we reflect on what is observable in ourselves, we shall find our ideas always passing in train, one going and another coming, without intermission. John Locke.

   They laboured in vain so far to reach the apostle’s meaning, all along in the train of what he said. John Locke.

   Some truths result from any ideas, as soon as the mind puts them into propositions; other truths require a train of ideas placed in order, a due comparing of them, and deductions made with attention. John Locke.

   What would’st thou have me do? consider well
   The train of ills our love would draw behind it. Addison.

   The author of your beings can by a glance of the eye, or a word speaking, enlighten your mind, and conduct you to a train of happy sentiments. Isaac Watts.

   5. Process; method; state of procedure.

   If things were once in this train, if virtue were established as necessary to reputation, and vice not only loaded with infamy, but made the infallible ruin of all mens pretensions, our duty would take root in our nature. Jonathan Swift.

   6. A retinue; a number of followers or attendants.

   My train are men of choice and rarest parts,
   That in the most exact regard support
   The worships of their names. William Shakespeare.

   Our sire walks forth, without more train
   Accompany’d than with his own complete
   Perfections. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. v.

   Thou should’st be seen
   A goddess among gods, ador’d, and serv’d
   By angels numberless, thy daily train. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   Fairest of stars, last in the train of night,
   If better thou belong not to the dawn. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   He comes not with a train to move our fear. Dryden.

   The king’s daughter, with a lovely train
   Of fellow nymphs, was sporting on the plain. Addison.

   He would put a check to the fury of war, that a stop might be put to those sins which are of its train. George Smalridge.

   7. An orderly company; a procession.

   Who the knights in green, and what the train
   Of ladies dress’d with daisies on the plain? Dryden.

   8. The line of powder reaching to the mine.

   Since first they fail’d in their designs,
   To take in heav’n by springing mines;
   And with unanswerable barrels
   Of gun-powder, dispute their quarrels;
   Now take a course more practicable,
   By laying trains to fire the rabble. Hudibras, p. iii.

   Shall he that gives fire to the train pretend to wash his hands of the hurt that’s done by the playing of the mine! Roger L'Estrange, Fables.

   9. Train of artillery. Cannons accompanying an army.

   With an army abundantly supplied with a train of artillery, and all other provisions necessary, the king advanced towards Scotland. Edward Hyde, b. ii.

2. To Trainverb

   Etymology: trainer, Fr.

   1. To draw along.

   In hollow cube he train’d
   His devilish enginry. John Milton.

   2. To draw; to entice; to invite.

   If but twelve French
   Were there in arms, they would be as a call
   To train ten thousand English to their side. William Shakespeare.

   3. To draw by artifice or stratagem.

   For that cause I train’d thee to my house. William Shakespeare.

   Oh train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note!
   To drown me in thy sister’s flood of tears.
   Sing, Syren, to thyself, and I will doat:
   Spread o’er the silver waves thy golden hair,
   And as a bed I’ll take thee, and there lie. William Shakespeare.

   4. To draw from act to act by persuasion or promise.

   We did train him on,
   And his corruption being ta’en from us,
   We as the spring of all shall pay for all. William Shakespeare, H. IV.

   5. To educate; to bring up: commonly with up.

   I can speak English,
   For I was train’d up in the English court. William Shakespeare.

   A most rare speaker,
   To nature none more bound; his training such
   That he may furnish and instruct great teachers. William Shakespeare.

   A place for exercise and training up of youth in the fashion of the heathen. 2 Mac. iv. 9.

   Call some of young years to train them up in that trade, and so fit them for weighty affairs. Francis Bacon.

   Spirits train’d up in feast and song. John Milton.

   The first Christians were by great hardships trained up for glory. John Tillotson, Sermons.

   6. To breed, or form to any thing.

   Abram armed his trained servants born in his house, and pursued. Gen. xiv. 14.

   The warrior horse here bred he’s taught to train. Dryd.

   The young soldier is to be trained on to the warfare of life; wherein care is to be taken that more things be not represented as dangerous than really are so. John Locke.

Wikipedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Train

   In rail transport, a train is a series of connected vehicles that run along a railway track and transport people or freight. The word train comes from the Old French trahiner, derived from the Latin trahere meaning "to pull, to draw". Trains are typically pulled or pushed by locomotives (often known simply as "engines"), though some are self-propelled, such as multiple units. Passengers and cargo are carried in railroad cars, also known as wagons. Trains are designed to a certain gauge, or distance between rails. Most trains operate on steel tracks with steel wheels, the low friction of which makes them more efficient than other forms of transport. Trains have their roots in wagonways, which used railway tracks and were powered by horses or pulled by cables. Following the invention of the steam locomotive in the United Kingdom in 1804, trains rapidly spread around the world, allowing freight and passengers to move over land faster and cheaper than ever possible before. Rapid transit and trams were first built in the late 1800s to transport large numbers of people in and around cities. Beginning in the 1920s, and accelerating following World War II, diesel and electric locomotives replaced steam as the means of motive power. Following the development of cars, trucks, and extensive networks of highways which offered greater mobility, as well as faster airplanes, trains declined in importance and market share, and many rail lines were abandoned. The spread of buses led to the closure of many rapid transit and tram systems during this time as well. Since the 1970s, governments, environmentalists, and train advocates have promoted increased use of trains due to their greater fuel efficiency and lower greenhouse gas emissions compared to other modes of land transport. High-speed rail, first built in the 1960s, has proven competitive with cars and planes over short to medium distances. Commuter rail has grown in importance since the 1970s as an alternative to congested highways and a means to promote development, as has light rail in the 21st century. Freight trains remain important for the transport of bulk commodities such as coal and grain, as well as being a means of reducing road traffic congestion by freight trucks. While conventional trains operate on relatively flat tracks with two rails, a number of specialized trains exist which are significantly different in their mode of operation. Monorails operate on a single rail, while funiculars and rack railways are uniquely designed to traverse steep slopes. Experimental trains such as high speed maglevs, which use magnetic levitation to float above a guideway, are under development in the 2020s and offer higher speeds than even the fastest conventional trains. Development of trains which use alternative fuels such as natural gas and hydrogen is another 21st century development.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Trainverb

   to draw along; to trail; to drag

2. Trainverb

   to draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure

3. Trainverb

   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

4. Trainverb

   to break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen

5. Trainverb

   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

6. Trainverb

   to trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head

7. Trainverb

   to be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company

8. Trainverb

   to prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race

9. Train

   that which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement

10. Train

    hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare

11. Train

    that which is drawn along in the rear of, or after, something; that which is in the hinder part or rear

12. Train

    that part of a gown which trails behind the wearer

13. Train

    the after part of a gun carriage; the trail

14. Train

    the tail of a bird

15. Train

    a number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite

16. Train

    a consecution or succession of connected things; a series

17. Train

    regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement

18. Train

    the number of beats of a watch in any certain time

19. Train

    a line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine, or the like

20. Train

    a connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad

21. Train

    a heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like

22. Train

    a roll train; as, a 12-inch train

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Train

   A train is a form of rail transport consisting of a series of vehicles propelled along a rail track to transport cargo or passengers. Motive power is provided by a separate locomotive or individual motors in self-propelled multiple units. Although historically steam propulsion dominated, the most common modern forms are diesel and electric locomotives, the latter supplied by overhead wires or additional rails. Other energy sources include horses, rope or wire, gravity, pneumatics, batteries, and gas turbines. Train tracks usually consists of two, three or four rails, with a limited number of monorails and maglev guideways in the mix. The word 'train' comes from the Old French trahiner, from the Latin trahere 'pull, draw'. There are various types of trains that are designed for particular purposes. A train can consist of a combination of one or more locomotives and attached railroad cars, or a self-propelled multiple unit. The first trains were rope-hauled, gravity powered or pulled by horses. From the early 19th century almost all were powered by steam locomotives. From the 1910s onwards the steam locomotives began to be replaced by less labour intensive and cleaner diesel locomotives and electric locomotives, while at about the same time self-propelled multiple unit vehicles of either power system became much more common in passenger service.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Train

   trān, 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. [Fr. train, trainer, through Low L. forms from L. trahĕre, to draw.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. train

   To teach and form by practice; to exercise; to discipline; as, to train the militia to the manual exercise; to train soldiers to the use of arms.

2. train

   A line of gunpowder, laid to lead fire to a charge, or to a quantity intended for execution.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. train

   A type of coach or instructor.

   They did train as a group together united and focused on their goals.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 29, 2020  

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   train

   A type of vehicle created as a form of transport.

   The train was always efficient and on time.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 29, 2020  

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   train

   Instruction for a specific goal, task or purpose.

   They did train their employees to fulfil their role and responsibilities.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 13, 2020  

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1. train

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'train' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1665

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'train' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1285

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'train' in Nouns Frequency: #567

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'train' in Verbs Frequency: #343

Anagrams for train »

1. riant

2. tairn

3. tarin

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of train in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of train in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of train in a Sentence

1. Chief Wilson:

   We're disgusted. We're angry. This is not police work. This is not police work. We don't train this. It's not acceptable, this is not Aurora Police Department. This was criminal.

2. Simon Cockerell:

   The journey will be taken on a 1970s vintage diesel locomotive, it's a very reliable train. There is a dining car and there are beds in the passenger car, too.

3. Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson:

   There are such limited opportunities to compete, and then those means, the main reason we train the way we do, those competitions are taken away I think this is a difficult position to put those older players in.

4. Oscar Wilde:

   I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.

5. Aldous Huxley:

   To us, the moment 8:17 A.M. means something - something very important, if it happens to be the starting time of our daily train. To our ancestors, such an odd eccentric instant was without significance - did not even exist. In inventing the locomotive, Watt and Stevenson were part inventors of time.

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