| 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. |
| Train dispatcher |
|
An official who gives the orders on a railroad as to the running of trains and their right of way. |
| Train oil |
|
Oil procured from the blubber or fat of whales, by boiling. |
| Trainable |
a. |
Capable of being trained or educated; as, boys trainable to virtue. |
| Trainband |
n. |
A band or company of an organized military force instituted by James I. and dissolved by Charles II.;
afterwards applied to the London militia. |
| Trainbands |
pl. |
of Trainband |
| Trainbearer |
n. |
One who holds up a train, as of a robe. |
| Trained |
imp. & p. p. |
of Train |
| Trainel |
n. |
A dragnet. |
| Trainer |
n. |
One who trains; an instructor; especially, one who trains or prepares men, horses, etc., for exercises requiring physical agility and strength. |
| Trainer |
n. |
A militiaman when called out for exercise or discipline. |
| Training |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Train |
| Training |
n. |
The act of one who trains; the act or process of exercising, disciplining, etc.; education. |
| Trainy |
a. |
Belonging to train oil. |
