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train  (trn)
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 *tragnre, from *tragere, to pull, back-formation from tractus, past participle of Latin trahere.]

traina·bili·ty n.
traina·ble adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.trainedtrained - shaped or conditioned or disciplined by training; often used as a combining form; "a trained mind"; "trained pigeons"; "well-trained servants"
untrained - not disciplined or conditioned or made adept by training; "an untrained voice"; "untrained troops"; "young minds untrained in the habit of concentration"
Translations
trained [treɪnd] ADJ
1. [teacher, nurse] → titulado; [worker, staff] → cualificado; [animal] (for task) → adiestrado; (to do tricks) → amaestrado
there was a lack of trained men and equipmentfaltaban hombres entrenados y equipo
she is a trained singerha recibido formación de cantante, ha estudiado canto
we have counsellors trained to deal with these sorts of problemstenemos asesores capacitados para llevar este tipo de problemas
they have a highly-trained workforcetienen una mano de obra altamente cualificada
a well-trained armyun ejército disciplinado, un ejército bien entrenado
2. [eye, ear, voice] → educado

trained [ˈtreɪnd] adj
[nurse, teacher, employee] → qualifié(e)
She's a trained nurse → C'est une infirmière qualifiée.
(= experienced) to the trained eye → à un œil exercé
[dog, pigeon] → dressé(e)

trained
adj workergelernt; nurse, teacherausgebildet; animaldressiert; dogabgerichtet, dressiert; mind, eargeschult; eyegeübt, geschult; voiceausgebildet; to be highly/specially trainedhoch qualifiziert/speziell ausgebildet sein; to be trained for somethingfür etw ausgebildet sein; a well-trained childein gut erzogenes Kind

trained [treɪnd] adj (accountant, nurse) → diplomato/a, qualificato/a; (teacher) → abilitato/a all'insegnamento (Sport) (athlete, horse) → allenato/a; (animal) → addestrato/a, ammaestrato/a
well-trained (child, dog) → ben educato/a
I've got him well-trained (hum) → l'ho addomesticato per bene
trained [treɪnd] adj (accountant, nurse) → diplomato/a, qualificato/a; (teacher) → abilitato/a all'insegnamento (Sport) (athlete, horse) → allenato/a; (animal) → addestrato/a, ammaestrato/a
well-trained (child, dog) → ben educato/a
I've got him well-trained (hum) → l'ho addomesticato per bene

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Very early in my life, possibly because of the insatiable curiosity that was born in me, I came to dislike the performances of trained animals.
The speaker's obstinate carriage, square coat, square legs, square shoulders, - nay, his very neckcloth, trained to take him by the throat with an unaccommodating grasp, like a stubborn fact, as it was, - all helped the emphasis.
Had he had the eyes of a man, nearly two yards higher than his own from the deck, and had they been the trained eyes of a man, sailor- man at that, Jerry could have seen the low blur of Ysabel to the north and the blur of Florida to the south, ever taking on definiteness of detail as the Arangi sagged close-hauled, with a good full, port-tacked to the south-east trade.
 
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