train
IPA: trˈeɪn
noun
- Elongated or trailing portion.
- The elongated back portion of a dress or skirt (or an ornamental piece of material added to similar effect), which drags along the ground.
- A trail or line of something, especially gunpowder.
- The tail of a bird.
- (obsolete) The tail of an animal in general.
- (poetic) The elongated body or form of something narrow and winding, such as the course of a river or the body of a snake.
- (astronomy) A transient trail of glowing ions behind a large meteor as it falls through the atmosphere or accompanying a comet as it nears the sun; tail.
- (now rare) An animal's trail or track.
- (obsolete, hunting) Something dragged or laid along the ground to form a trail of scent or food along which to lure an animal.
- (obsolete) Gait or manner of running of a horse.
- Connected sequence of people or things.
- A group of people following an important figure such as a king or noble; a retinue, a group of retainers.
- A group of animals, vehicles, or people that follow one another in a line, such as a wagon train; a caravan or procession.
- (figuratively, poetic) A group or class of people.
- (military) The men and vehicles following an army, which carry artillery and other equipment for battle or siege.
- A sequence of events or ideas which are interconnected; a course or procedure of something.
- A set of things, events, or circumstances that follow after or as a consequence; aftermath, wake.
- (obsolete) State of progress, status, situation (in phrases introduced by in a + adjective); also proper order or situation (introduced by in or in a alone).
- A set of interconnected mechanical parts which operate each other in sequence.
- A series of electrical pulses.
- A series of specified vehicles (originally tramcars in a mine as usual, later especially railway carriages) coupled together.
- A mechanical (traditionally steam-powered, now typically diesel or electrical) vehicle carrying a large number of passengers and freight along a designated track or path; a line of connected wagons considered overall as a mode of transport; (as uncountable noun) rail or road travel.
- (informal) A service on a railway line.
- A long, heavy sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, etc.
- (computing) A software release schedule.
- (sex, slang) An act wherein series of men line up and then penetrate a person, especially as a form of gang rape.
- (uncountable, obsolete) Treachery; deceit.
- (countable, obsolete) A trick or stratagem.
- (countable, obsolete) A trap for animals, a snare; (figuratively) a trap in general.
- (countable, obsolete) A lure; a decoy.
- (countable, obsolete, falconry) A live bird, handicapped or disabled in some way, provided for a young hawk to kill as training or enticement.
- (countable, obsolete) A clue or trace.
- (obsolete) train oil, whale oil.
- A surname.
verb
- (intransitive) To practice an ability.
- (transitive) To teach and form (someone) by practice; to educate (someone).
- (intransitive) To improve one's fitness.
- (intransitive) To proceed in sequence.
- (transitive) To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.
- (transitive, horticulture) To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape, usually by pruning and bending.
- (transitive, machine learning) To feed data into an algorithm, usually based on a neural network, to create a machine learning model that can perform some task.
- (transitive, mining) To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head.
- (transitive, video games) To create a trainer (cheat patch) for; to apply cheats to (a game).
- (transitive, obsolete) To draw (something) along; to trail, to drag (something).
- (intransitive, obsolete, of clothing) To trail down or along the ground.
- (transitive, obsolete) To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.
- (obsolete, colloquial) To be on intimate terms with.
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Examples of "train" in Sentences
- The coach trained athletes.
- The train passes the station.
- The train is heading southbound.
- The train crashed into the ferry.
- The driver of the train was killed.
- The soldiers are trained to stride.
- The training sessions are grueling.
- The training is strenuous for athletes.
- We use the term "train of thought" on a regular basis.
- The faster the train moves, the more kinetic energy the train gains.
- The train ticket office by the pedestrian entrance to the train platforms.
- We are travelling to Santa Cruz, the largest city in Bolivia via a night train, infamously called ´the death train´.
- The Kaiser, making the most of this timely boon, has once more been following in Bellona's train (her _train de luxe_) in search of cheap _réclame_ on the
- When the freight train had passed, they immediately proceeded on to the next station -- Adairsville -- where they were to meet the _regular down freight train_.
- They were on the way to Mentone, but as they intended stopping a day in Paris, and going on by a cheaper train than the _train de luxe_, Mary did not see them again during the journey.
- And afterwards he thought of the other trains which were leaving Paris that day, the grey train and the blue train* which had preceded the white one, the green train, the yellow train, the pink train, the orange train which were following it.