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train in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. 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"
    aim  take  train  take aim  direct 
  2. develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
    "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?"
    discipline  train  check  condition 
  3. teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
    "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
    educate  school  train  cultivate  civilize  civilise 
  4. 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"
    coach  train 
  5. create by training and teaching
    "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"
    train  develop  prepare  educate 
  6. 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"
    prepare  groom  train 
  7. 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  prepare 
  8. travel by rail or train
    "They railed from Rome to Venice"; "She trained to Hamburg"
    train  rail 
  9. drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground
    "The toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her long scarf behind her"
    trail  train 
  10. exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition
    "She is training for the Olympics"
    train 
  11. cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it
    "train the vine"
    train 
noun
  1. 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"
    caravan  train  wagon train 
  2. 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"
    gearing  gear  geartrain  power train  train 
  3. public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive
    "express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction"
    train  railroad train 
  4. 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"
    string  train 
  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"
    train 
  6. a series of consequences wrought by an event
    "it led to a train of disasters"
    train 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University