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train

  [treyn] ,
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–noun
1. Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
2. a line or procession of persons, vehicles, animals, etc., traveling together.
3. Military. an aggregation of vehicles, animals, and personnel accompanying an army to carry supplies, baggage, ammunition, etc.
4. a series or row of objects or parts.
5. Machinery. a connected set of three or more rotating elements, usually gears, through which force is transmitted, or motion or torque changed.
6. order, esp. proper order: Matters were in good train.
7. something that is drawn along; a trailing part.
8. an elongated part of a skirt or robe trailing behind on the ground.
9. a trail or stream of something from a moving object.
10. a line or succession of persons or things following one after the other.
11. a body of followers or attendants; retinue.
12. a series of proceedings, events, ideas, etc.
13. the series of results or circumstances following or proceeding from an event, action, etc.; aftermath: Disease came in the train of war.
14. a succession of connected ideas; a course of reasoning: to lose one's train of thought.
15. Astronomy.
a. the trace of light created by a meteor falling through the earth's atmosphere.
b. the tail of a comet.
16. a line of combustible material, as gunpowder, for leading fire to an explosive charge.
17. Physics. a succession of wave fronts, oscillations, or the like.
–verb (used with object)
18. to develop or form the habits, thoughts, or behavior of (a child or other person) by discipline and instruction: to train an unruly boy.
19. to make proficient by instruction and practice, as in some art, profession, or work: to train soldiers.
20. to make (a person) fit by proper exercise, diet, practice, etc., as for an athletic performance.
21. to discipline and instruct (an animal), as in the performance of tasks or tricks.
22. to treat or manipulate so as to bring into some desired form, position, direction, etc.: to train one's hair to stay down.
23. Horticulture. to bring (a plant, branch, etc.) into a particular shape or position, by bending, pruning, or the like.
24. to bring to bear on some object; point, aim, or direct, as a firearm, camera, telescope, or eye.
25. to entice; allure.
–verb (used without object)
26. to give the discipline and instruction, drill, practice, etc., designed to impart proficiency or efficiency.
27. to undergo discipline and instruction, drill, etc.
28. to get oneself into condition for an athletic performance through exercise, diet, practice, etc.
29. to travel or go by train: to train to New York.
Origin:
1350–1400; (v.) late ME traynyn to pull or drag in the rear < MF trainer, OF tra(h)iner < VL *tragīnāre, deriv. of *tragīna something dragged or drawn (cf. ML tragīna carriage), deriv. of *tragere to pull, for L trahere; (n.) ME train, traine < OF tra(h)in (masc.) series of people, animals, or things, tra(h)ine (fem.) something dragged behind, both deriv. of tra(h)iner

Related forms:
trainless, adjective

Synonyms:
3. convoy. 6. array, arrangement. 10. file, column. 18, 19. See teach. 19. exercise, drill, practice, school.
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train   (trān)   
n.  

  1. A series of connected railroad cars pulled or pushed by one or more locomotives.

  2. A long line of moving people, animals, or vehicles.

  3. The personnel, vehicles, and equipment following and providing supplies and services to a combat unit.

  4. A part of a gown that trails behind the wearer.

  5. A staff of people following in attendance; a retinue.

    1. An orderly succession of related events or thoughts; a sequence. See Synonyms at series.

    2. A series of consequences wrought by an event; aftermath.

  7. A set of linked mechanical parts: a train of gears.

  8. A string of gunpowder that acts as a fuse for exploding a charge.

v.   trained, train·ing, trains

v.   tr.

  1. To coach in or accustom to a mode of behavior or performance.

  2. To make proficient with specialized instruction and practice. See Synonyms at teach.

  3. To prepare physically, as with a regimen: train athletes for track-and-field competition.

  4. To cause (a plant or one's hair) to take a desired course or shape, as by manipulating.

  5. To focus on or aim at (a goal, mark, or target); direct. See Synonyms at aim.

  6. To let drag behind; trail.

v.   intr.

  1. To give or undergo a course of training: trained daily for the marathon.

  2. To travel by railroad train.


[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.]
train'a·bil'i·ty n., train'a·ble adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

train  (n.)
c.1330, "a drawing out, delay," later "trailing part of a skirt" (c.1440), also "retinue, procession" (c.1440), from O.Fr. train (fem. traine), from trainer "to pull, draw," from V.L. *traginare, extended from *tragere "to pull," back formation from tractus, pp. of L. trahere "to pull, draw" (see tract (1)). Train of thought first attested 1651. The railroad sense is recorded from 1824, from notion of a "train" of carriages. British train-spotting "hobby of observing trains and recording locomotive numbers" is recorded from 1958.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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