| train |
verb t. |
To draw along; to trail; to drag., To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure., 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., To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen., 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., To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head., To be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company., To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race., That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement., Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare., That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after, something; that which is in the hinder part or rear., That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer., The after part of a gun carriage; the trail., The tail of a bird., A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite., A consecution or succession of connected things; a series., Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement., The number of beats of a watch in any certain time., A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine, or the like., A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad., A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like., A roll train; as, a 12-inch train. |