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