train (tr n)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. 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. 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 *trag  nre, from *tragere, to pull, back-formation from tractus, past participle of Latin trahere.]train  a·bil i·ty n.train a·ble adj. |
train
Verb
1. to instruct (someone) in a skill: soldiers are trained to obey orders unquestioningly
2. to learn the skills needed to do a particular job or activity: she was training to be a computer programmer
3. to do exercises and prepare for a specific purpose: he was training for a marathon
4. to focus on or aim at (something): the warship kept its guns trained on the trawler
5. to discipline (an animal) to obey commands or perform tricks
6. to tie or prune (a plant) so that it grows in a particular way: he had trained the roses to grow up the wall
Noun
1. a line of railway coaches or wagons coupled together and drawn by a engine
2. a sequence or series: following an earlier train of thought
3. the long back section of a dress that trails along the floor
4. in its train as a consequence: economic mismanagement brought unemployment and inflation in its train
5. in train actually happening or being done: the programme of reforms set in train by the new government
Adjective
of or by a train: the long train journey North [Old French trahiner]
Train a number of followers; a procession; a succession of things, persons, or animals.
1. A service force or group of service elements that provides logistic support, e.g., an organization of naval auxiliary ships or merchant ships or merchant ships attached to a fleet for this purpose; similarly, the vehicles and operating personnel that furnish supply, evacuation, and maintenance services to a land unit.
2. Bombs dropped in short intervals or sequence.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  train - public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive; "express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction"boat train - a train taking passengers to or from a port railcar, railroad car, railway car, car - a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails" car train - a train that transports passengers and their automobiles freight train, rattler - a railroad train consisting of freight cars hospital train - a military train built to transport wounded troops to a hospital locomotive, locomotive engine, railway locomotive, engine - a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks mail train - a train that carries mail passenger train - a train that carries passengers public transport - conveyance for passengers or mail or freight roll-on roll-off - a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination streamliner - a streamlined train subway train - a train that runs in a subway system passenger, rider - a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it standee - someone who stands in a place where one might otherwise sit (as a spectator who uses standing room in a theater or a passenger on a crowded bus or train); "the allowed number of standees is posted" |
| 2. |  train - a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding; "a string of islands"; "train of mourners"; "a train of thought"series - similar things placed in order or happening one after another; "they were investigating a series of bank robberies" | |
| 3. |  train - a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file; "we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels"; "they joined the wagon train for safety"procession - the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation; "processions were forbidden" Conestoga, Conestoga wagon, covered wagon, prairie schooner, prairie wagon - a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century | |
| 4. | train - a series of consequences wrought by an event; "it led to a train of disasters" aftermath, consequence - the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual | |
| 5. | train - piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor; "the bride's train was carried by her two young nephews" gown - a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions piece of cloth, piece of material - a separate part consisting of fabric | |
| 6. |  train - wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed; "the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain"engine - motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work epicyclic gear train, epicyclic train - a system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axis reduction gear - gearing that reduces an input speed to a slower output speed wheelwork - mechanical device including an arrangement of wheel in a machine (especially a train of gears) | |
| Verb | 1. |  train - create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"build up, develop - change the use of and make available or usable; "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up" train, prepare - undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession; "She is training to be a teacher"; "He trained as a legal aid" retrain - teach new skills; "We must retrain the linguists who cannot find employment" drill - train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons house-train, housebreak - train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house toilet-train - train (a small child) to use the toilet |
| 2. |  train - undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession; "She is training to be a teacher"; "He trained as a legal aid"apprentice - be or work as an apprentice; "She apprenticed with the great master" retrain - train again; "He is retraining to become an IT worker" train, educate, prepare, develop - create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future" drill - undergo military training or do military exercises | |
| 3. | train - develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?" make grow, develop - cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development; "The perfect climate here develops the grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple" mortify - practice self-denial of one's body and appetites | |
| 4. | train - educate for a future role or function; "He is grooming his son to become his successor"; "The prince was prepared to become King one day"; "They trained him to be a warrior" train, prepare - undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession; "She is training to be a teacher"; "He trained as a legal aid" train, educate, prepare, develop - create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future" educate - give an education to; "We must educate our youngsters better" discipline, condition, train, check - develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?" | |
| 5. | train - teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry" fine-tune, refine, polish, down - improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing" sophisticate - make less natural or innocent; "Their manners had sophisticated the young girls" | |
| 6. |  train - point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent"target, direct, aim, place, point - intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself" draw a bead on - aim with a gun; "The hunter drew a bead on the rabbit" hold - aim, point, or direct; "Hold the fire extinguisher directly on the flames" turn - direct at someone; "She turned a smile on me"; "They turned their flashlights on the car" swing - hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement; "The soccer player began to swing at the referee" level - aim at; "level criticism or charges at somebody" position - cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation sight - take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device) | |
| 7. |  train - teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports; "He is training our Olympic team"; "She is coaching the crew"train - exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition; "She is training for the Olympics" | |
| 8. |  train - exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition; "She is training for the Olympics" | |
| 9. | train - cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it; "train the vine" trellis - train on a trellis, as of a vine | |
| 10. |  train - travel by rail or train; "They railed from Rome to Venice"; "She trained to Hamburg"ride - be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day" | |
| 11. |  train - drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground; "The toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her long scarf behind her"drag - pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him" trail - hang down so as to drag along the ground; "The bride's veiled trailed along the ground" |
train
verb 1. instruct, school, prepare, improve, coach, teach, guide, discipline, rear, educate, drill, tutor, rehearse
verb 3. aim, point, level, position, direct, focus, sight, line up, turn on, fix on, zero in, bring to bear
noun 4. convoy, file, rank, string, column, queue, succession, caravan, procession, progression, cavalcade
noun 5. sequence, series, chain, string, set, course, order, cycle, trail, succession, progression, concatenation
Translations
train [treɪn] n → tren m [of dress] → cola (= series): train of events → curso de los acontecimientos
vt (= educate) → formar (= teach skills to); adiestrar [+ sportsman]; entrenar [+ dog]; amaestrar (= point) [+ gun etc]: to train on → apuntar a
vi (SPORT) → entrenarse (= be educated, learn a skill); formarse;
to go by train → ir en tren;
one's train of thought → el razonamiento de algn;
train [treɪn] n → train m;
(Brit) (= series);
train of events → série f d'événements vt [+ apprentice, doctor etc] → former;
(Sport) → s'entraîner;
train [treɪn] n (Rail) → Zug m [of dress] → Schleppe f
vt [+ apprentice etc] → ausbilden [+ dog]; abrichten [+ athlete]; trainieren [+ mind]; schulen [+ plant]; ziehen (= point) [+ camera, gun etc];
to train on → richten auf +acc vi (= learn a skill) → ausgebildet werden;
(Sport) → trainieren;
train of thought → Gedankengang m;
train of events → Ereignisfolge f;
train [treɪn] n → treno; [of dress] → coda, strascico;
(BRIT) (= series): train of events → serie f di avvenimenti a catena
vt [+ apprentice, doctor etc] → formare [+ sportsman]; allenare [+ dog]; addestrare [+ memory]; esercitare (= point) [+ gun etc]: to train sth on → puntare qc contro
n train [trein]
1 a railway engine with its carriages and/or trucks I caught the train to London. trein قِطار влак vlak tog der Zug τρένο tren rong قطار juna train רַכֶּבֶת रेल गाडी़ vlak, voz vonat kereta api lest treno 列車 기차 traukinys vilciens kereta api trein tog pociąg comboio tren поезд vlak vlak voz tåg รถไฟ tren 火車，列車 поїзд, потяг, ешелон ريل گاڑي xe lửa, tàu 火车，列车
2 a part of a long dress or robe that trails behind the wearer The bride wore a dress with a train. sleep ذَيْل فُسْتان шлейф vlečka slæb die Schleppe ουρά φορέματος cola slepp دنباله laahus traîne שוֹבָל एक लिबास povlaka (haljine, plašta) uszály ekor gaun slóði strascico もすそ (길게 끌리는 의복의) 옷자락 šleifas (sieviešu tērpa) trēns, velce leretan gaun sleep slep tren cauda trenă шлейф vlečka vlečka skut släp ชายกระโปรงยาว ๆ (elbise) kuyruk 拖裙 шлейф; хвіст جوڑے کا لمبا پچھلا دامن đuôi dài lê thê 拖裙
3 a connected series Then began a train of events which ended in disaster. reeks سِلْسِلَةٌ مِن серия sled række die Reihe σειρά, αλληλουχία γεγονότων serie, sucesión kett رشته ketju suite סִידרָה सिलसिला niz, serija sorozat rentetan atburðarás serie 連続 (사고의) 연속 seka, virtinė, grandinė (notikumu) virkne rentetan aaneenschakeling kjede, serie, rekke łańcuch série serie ряд; вереница sled vrsta lanac kedja, räcka, följd เหตุการณ์ที่เกิดขึ้นต่อเนื่องตามลำดับ zincir, dizi 一連串 ланцюг, ряд, низка سلسلہ chuỗi 一连串
4 a line of animals carrying people or baggage a mule train; a baggage train. geselskap قافِلَه، رَتْلٌ مِن обоз kolona, řada, transport karavane; -karavane die Kolonne κονβόι, καραβάνι (animales) recua; convoy karavan کاروان karavaani train שָׁיֶרֶת जानवरों की कतार povorka karaván iring-iringan -lest fila, colonna 列 행렬 karavanas, vilkstinė karavāna deretan rij tog, følge tabor caravana şir караван; обоз rad; karavána sprevod karavan karavan ขบวนรถ kafile, kervan 動物隊列(載人或行李) караван; обоз سواري کے جانوروں کي صف hàng, đàn 动物队列（载人或行李）
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