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To train means to teach a skill. If you train your cat to use the toilet, your family will be amazed.

You can train animals to perform in a circus or roll over, and you can train people to do things like program computers or use an espresso machine. When you instruct someone how to do a task, you train him or her. Other meanings of the word train? A locomotive, like the train that takes people from New York City to Boston or a long piece of material attached to the back of a dress, like the train on a wedding dress.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: train

1
 v
educate for a future role or function
2
 v
point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
3
 nv
a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
travel by rail or train
4
 nv
piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor
drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: train
1

v educate for a future role or function

“They trained him to be a warrior”
Synonyms:
groom, prepare
prepare
undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession
develop, educate, prepare
create by training and teaching
check, condition, discipline
develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
Types:
dispose, qualify
make fit or prepared
habilitate
qualify for teaching at a university in Europe
capacitate
make capable
Type of:
educate
give an education to

v teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports

“He is training our Olympic team”
Synonyms:
coach
Type of:
instruct, learn, teach
impart skills or knowledge to

v create by training and teaching

“The old master is training world-class violinists”
Synonyms:
develop, educate, prepare
build up, develop
change the use of and make available or usable
prepare
undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession
groom, prepare
educate for a future role or function
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retrain
teach new skills
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
Type of:
instruct, learn, teach
impart skills or knowledge to

v develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control

“Is this dog trained?”
Synonyms:
check, condition, discipline
groom, prepare
educate for a future role or function
Types:
mortify
practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
Type of:
develop, make grow
cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development

v teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

“Train your tastebuds”
Synonyms:
civilise, civilize, cultivate, educate, school
Types:
sophisticate
make less natural or innocent
Type of:
down, fine-tune, polish, refine
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

v 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”
Synonyms:
prepare
develop, educate, prepare
create by training and teaching
groom, prepare
educate for a future role or function
Types:
apprentice
be or work as an apprentice
retrain
train again
drill
undergo military training or do military exercises
Type of:
learn, read, study, take
be a student of a certain subject

v exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition

“She is training for the Olympics”
Synonyms
coach
teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports
Type of:
exercise, work out
do physical exercise

v cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it

“train the vine”
Types:
trellis
train on a trellis, as of a vine
Type of:
check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate
lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
2

v point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards

“He trained his gun on the burglar”
“Don't train your camera on the women”
Synonyms:
aim, direct, take, take aim
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aim, direct, place, point, target
intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
draw a bead on
aim with a gun
hold
aim, point, or direct
turn
direct at someone
swing
hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
charge, level, point
direct into a position for use
level
aim at
sight
take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)
address
direct a question at someone
home in, range in, zero in
direct onto a point or target, especially by automatic navigational aids
Type of:
position
cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
3

n a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding

“train of mourners”
“a train of thought”
Synonyms:
string
Type of:
series
similar things placed in order or happening one after another

n wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed

Synonyms:
gear, gearing, geartrain, power train
Types:
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
Type of:
wheelwork
mechanical device including an arrangement of wheel in a machine (especially a train of gears)

n a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file

“they joined the wagon train for safety”
Synonyms:
caravan, wagon train
Type of:
procession
the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation

n public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive

“express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction”
Synonyms:
railroad train
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boat train
a train taking passengers to or from a port
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
mail train
a train that carries mail
passenger train
a train that carries passengers
streamliner
a streamlined train
subway train
a train that runs in a subway system
bullet, bullet train
a high-speed passenger train
commuter, commuter train
a passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to another
freight liner, liner train
a long-distance express freight train between industrial centers and seaports with facilities for rapid loading and unloading of goods
Type of:
public transport
conveyance for passengers or mail or freight

n a series of consequences wrought by an event

“it led to a train of disasters”
Type of:
aftermath, consequence
the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual

v travel by rail or train

“She trained to Hamburg”
Synonyms:
rail
Type of:
ride
be carried or travel on or in a vehicle
4

n 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”
Type of:
piece of cloth, piece of material
a separate part consisting of fabric

v drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground

“She trained her long scarf behind her”
Synonyms:
trail
trail
hang down so as to drag along the ground
Type of:
drag
pull, as against a resistance
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