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Train

//tɹeɪn// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname.

Noun

1
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.
"Unfortunately, the leading bridesmaid stepped on the bride's train as they were walking down the aisle."
2
Treachery; deceit. obsolete, uncountable
"In the meane time, through that false Ladies traine / He was surprisd, and buried under beare, / Ne ever to his worke returnd againe [...]."
3
train oil, whale oil obsolete, uncountable
4
wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed wordnet
5
Elongated or trailing portion.; A trail or line of something, especially gunpowder.
"[E]mancipation is put into such a train that in a few years there will be no slaves Northward of Maryland."

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A trick or stratagem. countable, obsolete
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public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive wordnet
8
Elongated or trailing portion.; The tail of a bird.
"Let frantike Talbot triumph for a while, And like a Peacock ſweepe along his tayle, Wee’le pull his Plumes, and take away his Trayne, If Dolphin and the reſt will be but rul’d."
9
A trap for animals, a snare; (figuratively) a trap in general. countable, obsolete
10
piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor wordnet
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Elongated or trailing portion.; The tail of an animal in general. obsolete
12
A lure; a decoy. countable, obsolete
13
a series of consequences wrought by an event wordnet
14
Elongated or trailing portion.; The elongated body or form of something narrow and winding, such as the course of a river or the body of a snake. poetic
15
A live bird, handicapped or disabled in some way, provided for a young hawk to kill as training or enticement. countable, obsolete
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a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file wordnet
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Elongated or trailing portion.; 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.
"Finally, all men saw that astronomical knowledge lied not, and they awaited the comet. Its approach was not, at first, seemingly rapid; nor was its appearance of very unusual character. It was of a dull red, and had little perceptible train."
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A clue or trace. countable, obsolete
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a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding wordnet
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Elongated or trailing portion.; An animal's trail or track. archaic
21
Elongated or trailing portion.; Something dragged or laid along the ground to form a trail of scent or food along which to lure an animal. obsolete
22
Elongated or trailing portion.; Gait or manner of running of a horse. obsolete
23
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.
"Sir, I invite your Highness and your train / To my poor cell, where you shall take your rest /For this one night"
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Connected sequence of people or things.; A group of animals, vehicles, or people that follow one another in a line, such as a wagon train; a caravan or procession.
"Our party formed a train at the funeral parlor before departing for the burial."
25
Connected sequence of people or things.; A group or class of people. figuratively, poetic
"Theſe are the cruel pirates of Argier, That damned train, the ſcum of Affrica, […]"
26
Connected sequence of people or things.; The men and vehicles following an army, which carry artillery and other equipment for battle or siege.
27
Connected sequence of people or things.; A sequence of events or ideas which are interconnected; a course or procedure of something.
"A man may be absorbed in the deepest thought, and his brow will remain smooth until he encounters some obstacle in his train of reasoning, or is interrupted by some disturbance, and then a frown passes like a shadow over his brow."
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Connected sequence of people or things.; A set of things, events, or circumstances that follow after or as a consequence; aftermath, wake.
"Thus the development of reason is accompanied by no inner blight or withering. It does not bring in its train loss of faith or weakening of sympathies."
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Connected sequence of people or things.; State of progress, status, situation (in phrases introduced by in a + adjective); also proper order or situation (introduced by in or in a alone). obsolete
"in a fair / better / worse train"
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Connected sequence of people or things.; A set of interconnected mechanical parts which operate each other in sequence.
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Connected sequence of people or things.; A series of electrical pulses.
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Connected sequence of people or things.; A series of specified vehicles (originally tramcars in a mine as usual, later especially railway carriages) coupled together.
33
Connected sequence of people or things.; A mechanical (originally 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.
"The train for Edinburgh will leave in 5 minutes."
34
Connected sequence of people or things.; A service on a railway line. informal
35
Connected sequence of people or things.; A long, heavy sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, etc.
36
Connected sequence of people or things.; A software release schedule.
"What steps do development engineers follow when adding new feature code? How do they support different software versions or release trains?"
37
Connected sequence of people or things.; An act wherein series of men line up and then penetrate a person, especially as a form of gang rape. slang
"“You want us to run a train on you?”"

Verb

1
To practice an ability. intransitive
"She trained seven hours a day to prepare for the Olympics."
2
To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure. obsolete, transitive
"If but a dozen French / Were there in arms, they would be as a call / To train ten thousand English to their side."
3
exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition wordnet
4
To teach and form (someone) by practice; to educate (someone). transitive
"You can't train a pig to write poetry."
5
To be on intimate terms with. colloquial, obsolete

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6
undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession wordnet
7
To improve one's fitness. intransitive
"I trained with weights all winter."
8
create by training and teaching wordnet
9
To proceed in sequence. intransitive
10
teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports wordnet
11
To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction. transitive
"The assassin had trained his gun on the minister."
12
point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards wordnet
13
To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape, usually by pruning and bending. transitive
"The vine had been trained over the pergola."
14
drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground wordnet
15
To feed data into an algorithm, usually based on a neural network, to create a machine learning model that can perform some task. transitive
"At least 10 lawsuits have been filed this year against A.I. companies, accusing them of training their systems on artists’ creative work without consent."
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travel by rail or train wordnet
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To transport (something) by train. transitive
"Colson was to truck the 'plane to Alice Springs, where it would be trained to Adelaide for repairs."
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educate for a future role or function wordnet
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To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head. transitive
20
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment wordnet
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To create a trainer (cheat patch) for; to apply cheats to (a game). transitive
"I got a twix on the 128 version being fixed and trained by Mad Max at M2K BBS 208-587-7636 in Mountain Home Idaho. He fixes many games and puts them on his board. One of my sources for games and utils."
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cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it wordnet
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To draw (something) along; to trail, to drag (something). obsolete, transitive
"[I]t pleaſed the grekes at that tyme to ſe yͤ body of Hector ſo trayned by Achilles⸝ bycauſe he was wont to be ſo redoubtab[l]e to them⸝ […]"
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develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control wordnet
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To trail down or along the ground. intransitive, obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English trayne (“train”), from Old French train (“a delay, a drawing out”), from traïner (“to pull out, to draw”), from Vulgar Latin *traginō, from *tragō, from Latin trahō (“to pull, to draw”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ- (“to pull, draw, drag”). The verb was derived from the noun in Middle English. For the meaning to teach compare typologically Russian ната́скивать (natáskivatʹ) (akin to тащи́ть (taščítʹ)).

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

From Middle English trayne (“treachery”), from Anglo-Norman traine, Middle French traïne, from traïr (“to betray”).

Etymology 4

From Middle English trayne (“treachery”), from Anglo-Norman traine, Middle French traïne, from traïr (“to betray”).

Etymology 5

From Dutch traan (“tear, drop”), from Middle Dutch trâen, from Old Dutch trān, from Proto-Germanic *trahnuz. Compare German Träne (“tear”), Tran (“train oil”).

Etymology 6

As an English surname, from the noun train (“hunter's trap, snare”). Also from the Middle English phrase atte trewen (“at the trees”).

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