train

Speech parts

1. train - Noun

2. train - Verb

4. Train - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

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.

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I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train. Oscar Wilde

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him. Dwight D. Eisenhower

The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others. Tryon Edwards

Works like the train toilet. Finnish Proverb

The first camel in the train holds everyone up, but it is the last which gets the beating. Ethiopian Proverb

When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. Chinese Proverb

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