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noun
- A line of connected cars or carriages pushed or pulled by one or more locomotives, especially a railroad train which travels on a set of tracks.
- We rode the to Mumbai.
- A group of animals, vehicles, or people that follow one another in a line, such as a wagon train; a caravan or procession.
- Our party formed a at the funeral parlor before departing for the burial.
- A sequence of events or ideas which are interconnected; a train of events or a train of thought.
- A series of electrical pulses.
- A set of interconnected mechanical parts like the drive train of a car.
- That which is drawn along, like the part of a gown which trails behind the wearer.
- The of her bridal gown caught on a nail.
Translations: - Dutch: sleep(nl)m
- French: traí®ne
- German: Zug(de)m
- Italian: treno(it)m
- Spanish: tren(es)m
verb
- (intransitive) To practice an ability.
- She trained seven hours a day to prepare for the Olympics.
- (transitive) To teach a task.
- You can't a pig to write poetry.
- (intransitive) To improve ones fitness.
- I trained with weights all winter.
- To proceed in sequence.
- (transitive) To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.
- The assassin had trained his gun on the minister.
- (transitive) (Horticulture) To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape, usually by pruning and bending.
- The vine had been trained over the pergola.
Translations: - Dutch: trainen, oefenen
- French: former, dompter (for animals)
- German: í¼ben(de)
Etymology: From French, train (noun). The verb is from the noun.
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