The Meaning of train

• (v. t.) To draw along; to trail; to drag.
• (v. t.) To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.
• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. t.) To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen.
• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. t.) To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head.
• (v. i.) To be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company.
• (v. i.) To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race.
• (v.) That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement.
• (v.) Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare.
• (v.) That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after, something; that which is in the hinder part or rear.
• (v.) That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer.
• (v.) The after part of a gun carriage; the trail.
• (v.) The tail of a bird.
• (v.) A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite.
• (v.) A consecution or succession of connected things; a series.
• (v.) Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement.
• (v.) The number of beats of a watch in any certain time.
• (v.) A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine, or the like.
• (v.) A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad.
• (v.) A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.
• (v.) A roll train; as, a 12-inch train.

Synonyms

railroad train , string , caravan , wagon train , gearing , gear , geartrain , power train , develop , prepare , educate , prepare , discipline , check , condition , prepare , groom , educate , school , cultivate , civilize , civilise , aim , take , take aim , direct , coach , rail , trail

Homophones

trane

Rhymes

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