train

(trān)
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. 1. An orderly succession of related events or thoughts; a sequence. See synonyms at series.
   2. 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 *tragīnāre, from *tragere, to pull, back-formation from tractus, past participle of Latin trahere.]

trainability train'a·bil'i·ty n.
trainable train'a·ble adj.

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noun

1. Something that follows or is drawn along behind: tail, trail, wake². See precede/follow.
2. A group of attendants or followers: entourage, following, retinue, suite. See over/under.
3. A number of things placed or occurring one after the other: chain, consecution, course, order, procession, progression, round, run, sequence, series, string, succession, suite. Informal streak. See order/disorder.

verb

1. To impart knowledge and skill to: coach, discipline, educate, instruct, school, teach, tutor. See teach/learn.
2. To subject to or engage in forms of exertion in order to train, strengthen, or condition: drill, exercise, practice, work out. See work/play.
3. To move (a weapon or blow, for example) in the direction of someone or something: aim, cast, direct, head, level, point, set¹, turn, zero in. Military lay¹. See seek/avoid.
4. To hang or cause to hang down and be pulled along behind: drag, draggle, trail. See hang.

Idioms beginning with train:
train of thought

In addition to the idiom beginning with train, also see gravy train.

v

Definition: prepare
Antonyms: forget, neglect

v. 1. teach (a person or animal) a particular skill or type of behavior through practice and instruction over a period of time: the recruits were trained to endure hardships far beyond the ordinary | the dogs are trained to sniff out illegal stowaways.

2. (trained) cause (a mental or physical faculty) to be sharp, discerning, or developed as a result of instruction or practice: an alert mind and trained eye give astute evaluations.

3. (train something on) point or aim something, typically a gun: the officer trained his gun on the side door.

n.

1. a trail of gunpowder for firing an explosive charge.

2. a series of railroad cars moved as a unit by a locomotive or by integral motors: a freight train | the journey took two hours by train.

3. a succession of vehicles or pack animals traveling in the same direction: a camel train.

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(DOD) 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.

IN BRIEF: The long thing that travels on a railroad. Also: to teach someone how to do something.

Dad brought a book to read on the train.

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as in: the form of transportation
sign description: Both hands with U-shapes. One slides back and forth on top of the other.

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Quotes:

"The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the train before." - Gilbert K. Chesterton

"Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return." - Edward M. Forster

"Along the iron veins that traverse the frame of our country, beat and flow the fiery pulses of its exertion, hotter and faster every hour. All vitality is concentrated through those throbbing arteries into the central cities; the country is passed over like a green sea by narrow bridges, and we are thrown back in continually closer crowds on the city gates." - John Ruskin

"We who have lived before railways were made belong to another world. It was only yesterday, but what a gulf between now and then! Then was the old world. Stage-coaches, more or less swift, riding-horses, pack-horses, highwaymen, knights in armor, Norman invaders, Roman legions, Druids, Ancient Britons painted blue, and so forth -- all these belong to the old period. But your railroad starts the new era, and we of a certain age belong to the new time and the old one. We who lived before railways, and survive out of the ancient world, are like Father Noah and his family out of the Ark." - William M. Thackeray

"That devilish Iron Horse, whose ear-rending neigh is heard throughout the town, has muddied the Boiling Spring with his foot, and he it is that has browsed off all the woods on Walden shore, that Trojan horse, with a thousand men in his belly, introduced by mercenary Greeks! Where is the country's champion, the Moore of Moore Hall, to meet him at the Deep Cut and thrust an avenging lance between the ribs of the bloated pest?" - Henry David Thoreau

The train as a dream symbol is often linked with the Freudian interpretation of the train (phallus) going through the tunnel (vagina), representing intercourse. Yet even Freud gave trains alternative meanings (e.g., missing a train might represent missed opportunities or even missing one's death (rather than missing intercourse). Being the engineer on a train and traveling smoothly down the track may mean staying "on track" in one's life. As with all such symbols, the dreamer's prior associations with trains determines their meaning in a particular dream.

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1. in racing horses and Greyhounds, a program of exercise to improve the animal's physical performance in a particular task. The effects of training include enlargement of spleen with greater erythrocyte storage and mobilization, increased heart size and stroke volume, and increased hemoglobin content of blood. A performance trial is the only satisfactory way of measuring the gains achieved.
2. in behavior includes breaking-in and obedience training in dogs.

For a list of words related to train, see:

• Types of Trains, Cars, and Lines - train: several railroad cars coupled together
• Garment Parts - train: length of material attached to and trailing behind gown

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - uddanne, oplære, optræne, (om dyr) dressere, afrette, tilride
v. intr. - blive oplært
n. - tog, optog, følge, slæb (kjole)

idioms:

• in a person's train    i en persons spor
• in the train of    i hælene på
• in train    det sker i dette øjeblik
• train down    tabe i vægt ved øvelsestræning
• train of thought    tankerække
• train on    række mod, fokusere på
• train up    træne op, lære op

Nederlands (Dutch)
trein, file, sleep, keten, trainen, leren, zich bekwamen, africhten, richten, met de trein gaan, zich aansluiten, leiden (plant)

Français (French)
v. tr. - (gén, Mil, Sport) former, entraîner, dresser, pointer/braquer, diriger, (Hort) palisser
v. intr. - (gén) être formé, étudier, (Sport) s'entraîner
n. - (Rail) train, rame, série, enchaînement, file, cortège, (Mil) train, traînée (de poudre), en train/en marche, suite (arch), (fig) sillage, traîne (d'une robe), (Tech) train (de)

idioms:

• in a person's train    suivre qn
• in the train of    suite à
• in train    en marche, en train
• train down    faire de l'exercice pour maigrir
• train of thought    le fil de la pensée
• train on    pointer sur, braquer sur, diriger sur
• train up    former, entraîner

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zug, Schleppe, Schwanz, Kette, Gang, Gefolge, Troß, Leitfeuer, Räderwerk
v. - trainieren, eine Ausbildung machen, lehren, erziehen, abrichten, (sorgfältig) richten, (ugs.) mit der Eisenbahn fahren

idioms:

• in a person's train    hinter jmdm.
• in the train of    als Folge
• in train    im Gange
• train down    sich Gewicht abtrainieren
• train of thought    Gedankengang
• train on    richten auf
• train up    heranbilden

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αμαξοστοιχία, τρένο, σιδηρόδρομος, αλληλουχία, ειρμός, σειρά, ουρά (κομήτη, εσθήτας κ.λπ.), ακολουθία, συνοδεία
v. - εκπαιδεύω/-ομαι, εκγυμνάζω/-ομαι, προγυμνάζω/-ομαι, προπονώ, κατευθύνω, οδηγώ, σκοπεύω, διαπαιδαγωγώ, διδάσκω

idioms:

• in a person's train    που ακολουθεί κάποιον, από πίσω του
• in the train of    ως επακόλουθο
• in train    είμαι προγυμνασμένος, είμαι σε φόρμα
• train down    αδυνατίζω με άσκηση
• train of thought    το νήμα/ο ειρμός των σκέψεων
• train on    στοχεύω, σκοπεύω
• train up    προπονώ, μαθαίνω τα κόλπα

Italiano (Italian)
addestrare, addestrarsi, allenare, istruire, corteo, treno, seguito, trenino

idioms:

• ghost trains    trenini da lunapark
• in a person's train    al seguito di qualcuno
• in the train of    sulla scia di
• in train    ben allestito
• train down    allenarsi per dimagrire
• train on/upon    puntare contro
• train up    addestrare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cortejo (m), trem (m), cauda de vestido (m)
v. - treinar, exercitar-se

idioms:

• ghost trains    trem fantasma
• in a person's train    tem alguma coisa como conseqüência
• in the train of    seguindo algo como resultado
• in train    início imediato
• train down    perder peso
• train of thought    cadeia de pensamento
• train on/upon    apontar para
• train up    treinar alguém (Brit.)

Русский (Russian)
обучать, готовить (к чему-л.), тренировать, дрессировать (животных), направлять, наводить оружие/фото/ки- но-камеру на мишень, поезд, процессия, вереница, свита (поклонников), шлейф платья, ход, развертывание мыслей/действия, наводка оружия на мишень

idioms:

• ghost trains    поезд-привидение
• in a person's train    ходить за кем-н.
• in the train of    в результата чего-л.
• in train    принести с собой, после себя
• train down    сбросить вес в результате диеты и упражнений
• train of thought    ход мыслей, направление мысли, вереница мыслей
• train on/upon    навести (оружие/фото/кино-аппарат на кого-л.)
• train up    подготовить к новой специальности, работе и т.д.

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - entrenar, adiestrar, estudiar, enseñar, preparar, instruir, amaestrar, domesticar, educar
v. intr. - capacitarse, prepararse, adiestrarse, formarse, tratarse o juntarse con
n. - serie, sucesión, tren, séquito, comitiva, procesión

idioms:

• in a person's train    cortejo o séquito
• in the train of    como secuela de, a continuación
• in train    en curso, en marcha
• train down    ejercicio o dieta para rebajar de peso
• train of thought    hilo del pensamiento
• train on    apuntar a, enfocar a
• train up    capacitar, entrenar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tåg, följe, procession, karavan, rad, räcka, följd, kedja, serie, svans
v. - öva, utbilda, träna, skola, uppfostra, binda upp, spaljera (trädg.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
训练, 瞄准, 培养, 接受训练, 锻炼, 火车, 行列, 列车

idioms:

• in a person's train    在某人的随行人员
• in the train of    随...而来, 随...之后
• in train    准备就绪
• train down    从事锻炼使体重减轻
• train of thought    一系列的想法, 一连串的想法
• train on    锻炼得有所改善
• train up    训练

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 訓練, 瞄準, 培養
v. intr. - 接受訓練, 鍛鍊
n. - 火車, 行列, 列車

idioms:

• in a person's train    在某人的隨行人員
• in the train of    隨...而來, 隨...之後
• in train    準備就緒
• train down    從事鍛煉使體重減輕
• train of thought    一系列的想法, 一連串的想法
• train on    鍛煉得有所改善
• train up    訓練

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 훈련하다, 단련하다, 정지하다
v. intr. - 연습하다, 교육 받다, 기차로 가다
n. - 열차, 행렬, 수행원

idioms:

• in a person's train    ~의 뒤를 따라서
• in the train of    ~의 결과로서, ~의 뒤를 이어
• in train    준비를 갖추고
• train down    운동하여 체중을 줄이다
• train on    연습하여 숙달해지다
• train up    가르치다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 列車, 列, 従者, すそ, 尾, 導火線, 結果
v. - 訓練する, 訓練を受ける, 向ける, したてる, 鍛える, 教育する

idioms:

• in a person's train    きちんと整って
• in the train of    …のあとに続いて
• in train    整って
• train down    減量する
• train of thought    考えの道筋
• train on/upon    向ける
• train up    訓練する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قافه, بطانه حاشيه تموين أمير أو ملك (فعل) يثقف, يدرب, يسافر بالقطار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮אימן, אילף, חינך, תרגל, הכשיר‬
v. intr. - ‮תרגל, התאמן‬
n. - ‮רכבת, שיירה, תהלוכה, פמליה, שובל, שוליים, סדרה, שורה של גלגלים מחוברים במכונה‬

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