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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRAIN, v.t. [L. traho, to draw?]
1. To draw along.
In hollow cube he train'd
His devilish enginery.
2. Top draw; to entice; to allure.
If but twelve French
Were there in arms, they would be as a call
To train ten thousand English to their side.
3. To draw by artifice or stratagem.
O train me not, sweet mermaid,with thy note.
4. To draw from act to act by persuasion or promise.
We did train him on.
5. To exercise; to discipline; to teach and form by practice; as, to train the militia to the manual exercise; to train soldiers to the use of arms and to tactics. Abram armed his trained servants. Genesis 14.
The warrior horse here bred he's taught to train.
6. To break, tame and accustom to draw; as oxen.
7. In gardening, to lead or direct and form to a wall or espalier; to form to a proper shape by growth, lopping or pruning; as, to train young trees.
8. In mining, to trace a lode or any mineral appearance to its head.
To train or train up, to educate; to teach; to form by instruction or practice; to bring up.
Train up a child in the way he should go,and when he is
old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22.
The first christians were, by great hardships, trained
up for glory.
TRAIN, n. Artifice; stratagem of enticement.
Now to my charms,
And to my wily trains.
1. Something drawn along behind, the end of a gown, etc.; as the train of a gown or robe.
2. The tail of a fowl.
The train steers their flight, and turns their bodies,
like the rudder of a ship.
3. A retinue; a number of followers or attendants.
My train are men of choice and rarest parts.
The king;s daughter with a lovely train.
4. A series; a consecution or succession of connected things.
Rivers now stream and draw their humid train.
Other truths require a train of ideas placed in order.
--The train of ills our love would draw behind it.
5. Process; regular method; course. Things are now in a train for settlement.
If things were once in this train--our duty would take root in our nature.
6. A company in order; a procession.
Fairest of stars, last in the train of night.
7. The number of beats which a watch makes in any certain time.
8. A line of gunpowder, laid to lead fire to a charge, or to a quantity intended for execution.
Train of artillery, any number of cannon and mortars accompanying an army.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive; "express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction" [syn: train, railroad train]
2: 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" [syn: string, train]
3: 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" [syn: caravan, train, wagon train]
4: a series of consequences wrought by an event; "it led to a train of disasters"
5: 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"
6: 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" [syn: gearing, gear, geartrain, power train, train] v
1: create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future" [syn: train, develop, prepare, educate]
2: 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" [syn: train, prepare]
3: develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?" [syn: discipline, train, check, condition]
4: 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" [syn: prepare, groom, train]
5: teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry" [syn: educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise]
6: 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" [syn: aim, take, train, take aim, direct]
7: 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" [syn: coach, train]
8: exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition; "She is training for the Olympics"
9: cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it; "train the vine"
10: travel by rail or train; "They railed from Rome to Venice"; "She trained to Hamburg" [syn: train, rail]
11: drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground; "The toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her long scarf behind her" [syn: trail, train]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English traine treachery, from Anglo-French, from trahir to betray, from Latin tradere — more at traitor Date: 14th century obsolete scheme, trick II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from trainer to draw, drag Date: 14th century 1. a part of a gown that trails behind the wearer 2. a. retinue, suite b. a moving file of persons, vehicles, or animals 3. the vehicles, personnel, and sometimes animals that furnish supply, maintenance, and evacuation services to a combat unit 4. a. order of occurrence leading to some result — often used in the phrase in train <this humiliating process had been in train for decades — Paul Fussell> b. an orderly succession <a train of thought> c. accompanying or resultant circumstances ; aftermath <consequences the discovery will bring in its train> 5. a line of combustible material laid to lead fire to a charge 6. a series of moving mechanical parts (as gears) that transmit and modify motion <a gear train> 7. a. a connected line of railroad cars with or without a locomotive b. an automotive tractor with one or more trailer units 8. a series of parts or elements that together constitute a system for producing a result and especially for carrying on a process (as of manufacture) automatically • trainful noun III. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French trainer, from Vulgar Latin *traginare; akin to Latin trahere to draw Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. trail, drag 2. to direct the growth of (a plant) usually by bending, pruning, and tying 3. a. to form by instruction, discipline, or drill b. to teach so as to make fit, qualified, or proficient 4. to make prepared (as by exercise) for a test of skill 5. to aim at an object or objective ; direct <trained his camera on the deer> <training every effort toward success> intransitive verb 1. to undergo instruction, discipline, or drill 2. to go by train Synonyms: see teach • trainability noun • trainable adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. 1 a tr. (often foll. by to + infin.) teach (a person, animal, oneself, etc.) a specified skill esp. by practice (trained the dog to beg; was trained in midwifery). b intr. undergo this process (trained as a teacher). 2 tr. & intr. bring or come into a state of physical efficiency by exercise, diet, etc.; undergo physical exercise, esp. for a specific purpose (trained me for the high jump; the team trains every evening). 3 tr. cause (a plant) to grow in a required shape (trained the peach tree up the wall). 4 (usu. as trained adj.) make (the mind, eye, etc.) sharp or discerning as a result of instruction, practice, etc. 5 tr. (often foll. by on) point or aim (a gun, camera, etc.) at an object etc. 6 colloq. a intr. go by train. b tr. (foll. by it as object) make a journey by train (trained it to Aberdeen). 7 tr. (usu. foll. by away) archaic entice, lure. --n. 1 a series of railway carriages or trucks drawn by an engine. 2 something dragged along behind or forming the back part of a dress, robe, etc. (wore a dress with a long train; the train of the peacock). 3 a succession or series of people, things, events, etc. (a long train of camels; interrupted my train of thought; a train of ideas). 4 a body of followers; a retinue (a train of admirers). 5 a succession of military vehicles etc., including artillery, supplies, etc. (baggage train). 6 a line of gunpowder etc. to fire an explosive charge. 7 a series of connected wheels or parts in machinery. Phrases and idioms: in train properly arranged or directed. in a person's train following behind a person. in the train of as a sequel of. train-bearer a person employed to hold up the train of a robe etc. train down train with exercise or diet to lower one's weight. train-ferry (pl. -ies) a ship that conveys a railway train across water. train-mile one mile travelled by one train, as a unit of traffic. train-spotter a person who collects locomotive numbers as a hobby. train-spotting this hobby. Derivatives: trainable adj. trainability n. trainee n. trainless adj. Etymology: ME f. OF tra{iuml}ner, trahiner, ult. f. L trahere draw

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Train Train, n. 1. A heavy long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like. 2. (Mil.) The aggregation of men, animals, and vehicles which accompany an army or one of its subdivisions, and transport its baggage, ammunition, supplies, and reserve materials of all kinds.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Train Train, v. i. 1. To be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company. 2. To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Train Train, n. [F. train, OF. tra["i]n, trahin; cf. (for some of the senses) F. traine. See Train, v.] 1. That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement. [Obs.] ``Now to my charms, and to my wily trains.'' --Milton. 2. Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare. --Halliwell. With cunning trains him to entrap un wares. --Spenser. 3. That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after, something; that which is in the hinder part or rear. Specifically : (a) That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer. (b) (Mil.) The after part of a gun carriage; the trail. (c) The tail of a bird. ``The train steers their flights, and turns their bodies, like the rudder of ship.'' --Ray. 4. A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite. The king's daughter with a lovely train. --Addison. My train are men of choice and rarest parts. --Shak. 5. A consecution or succession of connected things; a series. ``A train of happy sentiments.'' --I. Watts. The train of ills our love would draw behind it. --Addison. Rivers now Stream and perpetual draw their humid train. --Milton. Other truths require a train of ideas placed in order. --Locke. 6. Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement. If things were once in this train, . . . our duty would take root in our nature. --Swift. 7. The number of beats of a watch in any certain time. 8. A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine, or the like. 9. A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad. 10. A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like. 11. (Rolling Mill) A roll train; as, a 12-inch train. Roll train, or Train of rolls (Rolling Mill), a set of plain or grooved rolls for rolling metal into various forms by a series of consecutive operations. Train mile (Railroads), a unit employed in estimating running expenses, etc., being one of the total number of miles run by all the trains of a road, or system of roads, as within a given time, or for a given expenditure; -- called also mile run. Train of artillery, any number of cannon, mortars, etc., with the attendants and carriages which follow them into the field. --Campbell (Dict. Mil. Sci.). Train of mechanism, a series of moving pieces, as wheels and pinions, each of which is follower to that which drives it, and driver to that which follows it. Train road, a slight railway for small cars, -- used for construction, or in mining. Train tackle (Naut.), a tackle for running guns in and out. Syn: Cars. Usage: Train, Cars. Train is the word universally used in England with reference to railroad traveling; as, I came in the morning train. In the United States, the phrase the cars has been extensively introduced in the room of train; as, the cars are late; I came in the cars. The English expression is obviously more appropriate, and is prevailing more and more among Americans, to the exclusion of the cars.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Train Train, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trained; p. pr. & vb. n. Training.] [OF. trahiner, tra["i]ner,F. tra[^i]ner, LL. trahinare, trainare, fr. L. trahere to draw. See Trail.] 1. To draw along; to trail; to drag. In hollow cube Training his devilish enginery. --Milton. 2. To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure. [Obs.] If but a dozen French Were there in arms, they would be as a call To train ten thousand English to their side. --Shak. O, train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note. --Shak. This feast, I'll gage my life, Is but a plot to train you to your ruin. --Ford. 3. 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. Our trained bands, which are the trustiest and most proper strength of a free nation. --Milton. The warrior horse here bred he's taught to train. --Dryden. 4. To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen. 5. (Hort.) 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. He trained the young branches to the right hand or to the left. --Jeffrey. 6. (Mining) To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head. To train a gun (Mil. & Naut.), to point it at some object either forward or else abaft the beam, that is, not directly on the side. --Totten. To train, or To train up, to educate; to teach; to form by instruction or practice; to bring up. Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it. --Prov. xxii. 6. The first Christians were, by great hardships, trained up for glory. --Tillotson.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Accommodation Ac*com`mo*da"tion, n. [L. accommodatio, fr. accommodare: cf. F. accommodation.] 1. The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to. ``The organization of the body with accommodation to its functions.'' --Sir M. Hale. 2. Willingness to accommodate; obligingness. 3. Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or convenience; anything furnished which is desired or needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accommodations -- that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn. --Sir W. Scott. 4. An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement. ``To come to terms of accommodation.'' --Macaulay. 5. The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended. Many of those quotations from the Old Testament were probably intended as nothing more than accommodations. --Paley. 6. (Com.) (a) A loan of money. (b) An accommodation bill or note. Accommodation bill, or note (Com.), a bill of exchange which a person accepts, or a note which a person makes and delivers to another, not upon a consideration received, but for the purpose of raising money on credit. Accommodation coach, or train, one running at moderate speed and stopping at all or nearly all stations. Accommodation ladder (Naut.), a light ladder hung over the side of a ship at the gangway, useful in ascending from, or descending to, small boats.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

I. NOUN USES (trains) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A train is a number of carriages, cars, or trucks which are all connected together and which are pulled by an engine along a railway. Trains carry people and goods from one place to another. The train pulled into a station... We can catch the early morning train... He arrived in Shenyang by train yesterday. N-COUNT: also by N 2. A train of vehicles, people, or animals is a long line of them travelling slowly in the same direction. ...a long train of oil tankers. N-COUNT: with supp, usu N of n 3. A train of thought or a train of events is a connected sequence, in which each thought or event seems to occur naturally or logically as a result of the previous one. He lost his train of thought for a moment, then recovered it... Giles set in motion a train of events which would culminate in tragedy. N-COUNT: usu sing, N of n 4. The train of a woman's formal dress or wedding dress is the long part at the back of it which flows along the floor behind her. N-COUNT 5. If a process or event is in train or has been set in train, it is happening or starting to happen. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use in motion) He praised the economic reforms set in train by the government. PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v II. VERB USES (trains, training, trained) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If someone trains you to do something, they teach you the skills that you need in order to do it. If you train to do something, you learn the skills that you need in order to do it. The US was ready to train its troops to participate... Stavros was training to be a priest... Psychiatrists initially train as doctors... We don't train them only in bricklaying, but also in other building techniques... Companies tend to favour the lawyer who has trained with a good quality City firm... I'm a trained nurse... VERB: V n to-inf, V to-inf, V as/in n, V n as/in n, V, V-ed • -trained Mr. Koutab is an American-trained lawyer. COMB in ADJ • trainer (trainers) ...a book for both teachers and teacher trainers. N-COUNT 2. To train a natural quality or talent that someone has, for example their voice or musical ability, means to help them to develop it. I see my degree as something which will train my mind and improve my chances of getting a job... VERB: V n 3. If you train for a physical activity such as a race or if someone trains you for it, you prepare for it by doing particular physical exercises. Strachan is training for the new season... He has spent a year training crews for next month's round the world race. VERB: V for n, V n for n, also V, V n • trainer She went to the gym with her trainer. N-COUNT 4. If an animal or bird is trained to do particular things, it is taught to do them, for example in order to be able to work for someone or to be a good pet. Sniffer dogs could be trained to track them down. ...a man who trained hundreds of dogs... VERB: be V-ed to-inf, V n, also V n to-inf • trainer The horse made a winning start for his new trainer. N-COUNT 5. If you train something such as a gun, a camera, or a light on a person or thing, you aim it at them and keep it towards them. She trained her binoculars on the horizon... VERB: V n on n 6. If you train a tree, bush, or plant in a particular direction, you tie it and cut it so that it grows in that direction. Instead of training the shoots up the fence, lay them flat in both directions alongside it... You could even put a trellis on your walls and train plants to grow up it. VERB: V n prep, V n to-inf 7. see also training

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

tran (verb chanakh, "educate" (Pr 22:6), with adjective chanikh (Ge 14:14)): In 1Ki 10:2 the Queen of Sheba's "train," the noun is chayil, the usual word for "force," "army." But in Isa 6:1 the "train" (shul, "loose hanging garment") is that of God's robe (the Revised Version margin "skirts").

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Trail. 2. Retinue, suite, staff, followers, body of attendants, cortθge. 3. Orderly company, procession. 4. Series, succession, consecution, chain. 5. Course, process, method, order. 6. Line (as of cars connected with one another). 7. Line of gunpowder. 8. Persuasion, artifice, enticement, allurement, device, stratagem. 9. Trap, lure. 10. Tail of a bird. II. v. a. 1. Trail, draw, drag, haul, tug. 2. Entice, allure, draw by persuasion. 3. Educate, discipline, instruct, drill, form by practice, school, exercise. 4. Break in, accustom, habituate, inure, use, familiarize. III. v. n. Drill, exercise, do military duty.

Moby Thesaurus

Amtrak, Indian file, KP, acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, adjust, afterpart, afterpiece, aim, aim at, allure, alternation, apprentice, army, army group, array, articulation, attend classes, attend school, attendance, attendant, attendants, baggage train, bait, bank, battalion, battery, battle group, bed, bed down, bend, body of retainers, break, break in, breed, bridle, brigade, bring up, brush, buzz, cable railroad, cadre, caravan, carriage, case harden, cast, catena, catenation, cavalcade, chain, chain reaction, chaining, choo-choo, coach, cog railroad, cog railway, cohort, column, combat command, combat team, company, concatenation, condition, confirm, connection, consecution, continuum, corps, cortege, course, court, cultivate, curry, currycomb, cycle, decoy, descent, detachment, detail, determine, develop, direct, directionize, discipline, division, domesticate, domesticize, drag, draggle, draw, drench, dress parade, drill, drone, edify, educate, el, electric, electric train, elevated, endless belt, endless round, entice, entourage, escort, establish, exercise, express, express train, familiarize, feed, fetch up, field army, field train, file, filiation, fit, fix, fix on, flier, flying column, flyover, fodder, follower, followers, following, form, foster, freight, freight train, freighter, funeral, funicular, gamut, garrison, gentle, go into training, go to school, goods train, gradation, groom, guard, guide, habituate, hale, handle, harden, harness, haul, head, heave, hitch, hold on, house-train, housebreak, household, hum, improve, incline, indoctrinate, instruct, interurban, inure, inveigle, kitchen police, lay, lead on, legion, level, level at, lick into shape, lightning express, limited, line, lineage, litter, local, lug, manage, maniple, march past, metro, milk, milk train, monorail, monotone, motorcade, mule train, naturalize, nexus, nurse, nurture, order, organization, orient, orientate, outfit, pack train, parade, parasite, parliamentary, parliamentary train, passenger train, pendulum, periodicity, phalanx, platoon, plenum, point, point at, point to, pomp, posse, powder train, practice, prepare, present, procession, progression, promenade, pull, put in tune, put to school, queue, rack-and-pinion railroad, railroad train, raise, range, rank, rattler, read with, ready, rear, receive instruction, recurrence, regiment, rehearse, retainers, reticulation, retinue, review, rolling stock, rotation, round, rout, routine, row, rub down, run, saddle, satellite, scale, school, season, section, seduce, send to school, sequence, series, serve an apprenticeship, set, shape, shuttle, shuttle train, sight on, single file, skimmington, snake, special, spectrum, squad, squadron, staff, stream, streamliner, string, subway, succession, suite, swath, tab, tactical unit, tag, tail, tailpiece, take in hand, take in tow, take lessons, tame, task force, teach, tempt, tend, thread, tier, toll, tow, trail, trailer, train upon, trawl, troll, troop, tube, tug, turn, turn upon, tutor, undergo schooling, underground, unit, wake, water, way train, windrow, wing, wont, work out, yoke