train
(trān)
[Middle English, trailing part of a gown, from Old French, from trainer, to drag, from Vulgar Latin* tragīnāre, from * tragere, to pull, back-formation from tractus, past participle of Latin trahere.]
noun
- A series of connected railroad cars pulled or pushed by one or more locomotives.
- A long line of moving people, animals, or vehicles.
- The personnel, vehicles, and equipment following and providing supplies and services to a combat unit.
- A part of a gown that trails behind the wearer.
- A staff of people following in attendance; a retinue.
- An orderly succession of related events or thoughts; a sequence. See synonyms at series
- A series of consequences wrought by an event; aftermath.
- A set of linked mechanical parts: a train of gears.
- A string of gunpowder that acts as a fuse for exploding a charge.
verb: trained, train·ing, trains.
transitive verb
- To coach in or accustom to a mode of behavior or performance.
- To make proficient with specialized instruction and practice. See synonyms at teach
- To prepare physically, as with a regimen: train athletes for track-and-field competition.
- To cause (a plant or one's hair) to take a desired course or shape, as by manipulating.
- To focus on or aim at (a goal, mark, or target); direct. See synonyms at aim
- To let drag behind; trail.
intransitive verb
- To give or undergo a course of training: trained daily for the marathon.
- To travel by railroad train.
derivatives
- traińa·biĺi·ty
- noun
- traińa·ble
- adjective
