train
train
(trān) noun
1.
Abbr. tn. 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.
6. a. An orderly succession of related events or thoughts; a sequence. See synonyms at series. b. 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.
verb
trained, training, trains
verb
, transitive
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.
verb
, intransitive
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 trāctus, past participle of Latin trahere.]
trainabil
ʹity noun
train
ʹable adjective