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Canadian, US, UK, Standard/ˈtɹeɪn/Canadian, US, UK, Standard[ˈtɹ̝̊ʷeɪ̯n]Canadian, US, UK, Standard[ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷeɪ̯n]Canadian, US, UK, Standard[ˈt̠͡ʃɹ̠̊˔ʷeɪ̯n]

noun

The elongated back portion of a dress or skirt (or an ornamental piece of material added to similar effect), which drags along the ground.

“Unfortunately, the leading bridesmaid stepped on the bride's train as they were walking down the aisle.”

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OriginMiddle English trayne ← Old French train ← Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre →
Very commonFirst used 14th c.Scrabble 5
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Meanings

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nountrain (plural trains)

plural trains

  1. Elongated or trailing portion.
    1. The elongated back portion of a dress or skirt (or an ornamental piece of material added to similar effect), which drags along the ground.First known use 14th c.

      Unfortunately, the leading bridesmaid stepped on the bride's train as they were walking down the aisle.

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      They called each other by their Christian name, were always arm in arm when they walked, pinned up each other's train for the dance, and were not to be divided in the set [...].

      1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC

      He was generally seen trooping like a colt at his mother's heels, equipped in a pair of his father's cast-off galligaskins, which he had much ado to hold up with one hand, as a lady does her train in bad weather.

      1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, Rip Van Winkle

      Lace sleeves, a demure neckline, a full skirt and a relatively modest train.

      2011 April 20, Imogen Fox, The Guardian
    2. A trail or line of something, especially gunpowder.First known use 15th c.

      [E]mancipation is put into such a train that in a few years there will be no slaves Northward of Maryland.

      1785, Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Richard Price
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      A party was sent to search, and there they found all the powder ready prepared, and, moreover, a man with a lantern, one Guy Fawkes, who had undertaken to be the one to set fire to the train of gunpowder, hoping to escape before the explosion.

      1873, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Aunt Charlotte's Stories of English History for the little ones
    3. The tail of a bird.

      Fawn and pearl of the lyre-bird's train, / Sheen of the bronze-wing, blue of the crane; / Cream of the plover, grey of the dove; / These are the hues of the land I love!

      1917, William Henry Fitchett, Australia in the making, page xii
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      Let frantike Talbot triumph for a while, And like a Peacock ſweepe along his tayle, Wee’le pull his Plumes, and take away his Trayne, If Dolphin and the reſt will be but rul’d.

      1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 108, column 2

      The burning evening sun lighted with mellow gold the coats of the fierce little tiger-kittens — orange silk with stripes of black velvet — the broken amethysts and ruined emeralds of the poor bird's train cruelly scattered over the trampled grass

      1894, Sir Edwin Arnold, Wandering Words, page 260

      Before the Spanish Conquest, the long, slender, green plumes of the male bird's train adorned the headgear of Aztec and Mayan kings and chieftains, as one may clearly see in modern restorations of ancient scenes.

      1945, Nature Magazine, page 299
    4. obsoleteThe tail of an animal in general.
    5. poeticThe elongated body or form of something narrow and winding, such as the course of a river or the body of a snake.
    6. astronomyA transient trail of glowing ions behind a large meteor as it falls through the atmosphere or accompanying a comet as it nears the sun; tail.

      ...the comet expands, its vapours are developed and escape in jets towards the radiant star; then we see them driven back on each side of the head and the caudal train commencing.

      2014, Camille Flammarion, Popular Astronomy, →ISBN, page 515
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      Finally, all men saw that astronomical knowledge lied not, and they awaited the comet. Its approach was not, at first, seemingly rapid; nor was its appearance of very unusual character. It was of a dull red, and had little perceptible train.

      1839, Edgar Allan Poe, The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion

      It sometimes happens that the train is directed towards the sun, or makes a certain angle with the line joining the head and the sun; it was then called by the ancient astronomers the beard of the comet.

      1877, Amédée Guillemin, James Glaisher, The World of Comets, page 200
    7. archaicAn animal's trail or track.First known use 16th c.
    8. obsoletehobbiesSomething dragged or laid along the ground to form a trail of scent or food along which to lure an animal.
    9. obsoleteGait or manner of running of a horse.
  2. Connected sequence of people or things.
    1. A group of people following an important figure such as a king or noble; a retinue, a group of retainers.First known use 14th c.

      The imperial train arrived on November 22 at Te-chou, a city in western Shantung along the border of Chihli.

      1979, Silas H. L. Wu, Passage to Power: Kʻang-hsi and His Heir Apparent, 1661-1722, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 78
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      Sir, I invite your Highness and your train / To my poor cell, where you shall take your rest /For this one night

      1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]

      Grace was glad the citizenry did not know Katherine Gordon was in the king’s train, but she was beginning to understand Henry’s motive for including the pretender’s wife.

      2009, Anne Easter Smith, The King's Grace
    2. A group of animals, vehicles, or people that follow one another in a line, such as a wagon train; a caravan or procession.First known use 15th c.

      Our party formed a train at the funeral parlor before departing for the burial.

    3. figurativelypoeticA group or class of people.

      Theſe are the cruel pirates of Argier, That damned train, the ſcum of Affrica, […]

      c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii
    4. governmentThe men and vehicles following an army, which carry artillery and other equipment for battle or siege.First known use 16th c.
    5. A sequence of events or ideas which are interconnected; a course or procedure of something.First known use 15th c.

      "Where was I?" he asked several times during the lunch, losing his train of thought.

      2012 June 18, Rory Carroll, The Guardian
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      A man may be absorbed in the deepest thought, and his brow will remain smooth until he encounters some obstacle in his train of reasoning, or is interrupted by some disturbance, and then a frown passes like a shadow over his brow.

      1872, Charles Darwin, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

      Failure to acknowledge an A.T.C. warning or excessive speed starts the same train of events until correction is made.

      1960 November, P. Ransome=Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part Three”, in Trains Illustrated, page 679
    6. A set of things, events, or circumstances that follow after or as a consequence; aftermath, wake.

      Thus the development of reason is accompanied by no inner blight or withering. It does not bring in its train loss of faith or weakening of sympathies.

      1907, Margaret McMillan, Labour and Childhood, page 120
    7. obsoleteState of progress, status, situation (in phrases introduced by in a + adjective); also proper order or situation (introduced by in or in a alone).First known use 18th–19th c.

      in a fair / better / worse train

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      As we had been in a good train for several days past, I thought it not prudent to break with him, for little matters.

      1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXVI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume IV, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC, page 139

      I took care that my absence should neither be lamented by the poor nor the rich. I put every thing in a fair train of going on smoothly, and actually set out, with my steward, for my estate in Wales at dawning of the day.

      1779, Samuel Jackson Pratt, chapter 7, in Shenstone-Green: or, the New Paradise Lost, volume 1, London: R. Baldwin, page 46

      1787, George Washington, letter to Alexander Hamilton dated 10 July, 1787, in The Writings of George Washington, Boston: American Stationers’ Company, 1837, Volume 9, p. 260, When I refer you to the state of the counsels, which prevailed at the period you left this city, and add that they are now if possible in a worse train than ever, you will find but little ground on which the hope of a good establishment can be formed.

      […] every thing was now in a fairer train for Miss Crawford’s marrying Edmund than it had ever been before.

      1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter VI, in Mansfield Park: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, pages 120-121
    8. A set of interconnected mechanical parts which operate each other in sequence.First known use 18th c.
    9. A series of electrical pulses.First known use 19th c.
    10. A series of specified vehicles (originally tramcars in a mine as usual, later especially railway carriages) coupled together.First known use 19th c.
    11. A mechanical (originally steam-powered, now typically diesel or electrical) vehicle carrying a large number of passengers and freight along a designated track or path, typically on rails; a line of such vehicles and wagons considered overall as a mode of transport.First known use 19th c.

      on a train

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      The train for Edinburgh will leave in 5 minutes.

      The train arrived at the station.

      We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine.[…]As we reached the lodge we heard the whistle, and we backed up against one side of the platform as the train pulled up at the other.

      1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC

      A maglev train is akin to a surfboard riding a magnetic wave, says John Harding, formerly chief maglev scientist at America’s Federal Railroad Administration. […] A “moving platform” scheme proposed by Priestmangoode is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.

      2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2023, page 13 (Technology Quarterly)
    12. uncountableRail transport.

      This winter we thought we'd go to Venice by train, for the adventure.

      2009 January 24, Hanif Kureishi, The Guardian
    13. informalA service on a railway line.
    14. A long, heavy sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, etc.
    15. computingA software release schedule.

      What steps do development engineers follow when adding new feature code? How do they support different software versions or release trains?

      2008, Michael Bushong, Cathy Gadecki, Aviva Garrett, JUNOS For Dummies, page 16
    16. slanglifestyleAn act wherein series of men line up and then penetrate a person, especially as a form of gang rape.First known use 20th c.

      “You want us to run a train on you?”

      2005, Violet Blue, Best Women's Erotica 2006: Volume 2001, link
    17. colloquialwith on theA specified topic, behavior, interest or inclination.

      She doesn't come around any more, cuz she had a kid. She's on the family train now.

verbtrain (third-person singular simple present trains, present participle training, simple past and past participle trained)

present singular third person trains · participle present training · participle past trained · past trained

  1. intransitiveTo practice an ability.

    She trained seven hours a day to prepare for the Olympics.

  2. transitiveTo teach and form (someone) by practice; to educate (someone).

    You can't train a pig to write poetry.

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    The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.

    2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18
    1. transitivemachine learningTo feed data into an algorithm, usually based on a neural network, to create a machine learning model that can perform some task.

      At least 10 lawsuits have been filed this year against A.I. companies, accusing them of training their systems on artists’ creative work without consent.

      2023 July 15, Sheera Frenkel, Stuart A. Thompson, “‘Not for Machines to Harvest’: Data Revolts Break Out Against A.I.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  3. intransitiveTo improve one's fitness.

    I trained with weights all winter.

  4. intransitiveTo proceed in sequence.
  5. transitiveTo move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.

    The assassin had trained his gun on the minister.

  6. transitiveagricultureTo 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.

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    He trains the young branches to the right hand or to the left.

    1805, Francis Jeffrey, The Edinburgh Review
  7. transitiveTo transport (something) by train.

    Colson was to truck the 'plane to Alice Springs, where it would be trained to Adelaide for repairs.

    1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 46
  8. intransitiveTo travel by train.

    As I trained westward across Europe, I read newspaper articles from the Sixties describing placards on the pub’s walls that explained to patrons how to order lager, brandy, and gin in Esperanto.

    2026 June 28, Katie Thornton, “Love Language: The undying dream of Esperanto”, in Harper's Magazine, →ISSN
  9. transitivebusinessTo trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head.
  10. transitivevideo gamesTo create a trainer (cheat patch) for; to apply cheats to (a game).

    In the mid-1980s, demoparties were also copyparties, where the first so called hot releases of cracked and trained games changed hands. However, illegal software copying later disappeared […]

    2021, Mark J. P. Wolf, Encyclopedia of Video Games
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    I got a twix on the 128 version being fixed and trained by Mad Max at M2K BBS 208-587-7636 in Mountain Home Idaho. He fixes many games and puts them on his board. One of my sources for games and utils.

    2000, Sensei David O.E. Mohr - Lord Ronin from Q-Link, “WTB:"The Last V-8" C128 game -name correction”, in comp.sys.cbm (Usenet)
  11. obsoletetransitiveTo draw (something) along; to trail, to drag (something).

    In hollow cube / Training his devilish enginery.

    1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC
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    [I]t pleaſed the grekes at that tyme to ſe yͤ body of Hector ſo trayned by Achilles⸝ bycauſe he was wont to be ſo redoubtab[l]e to them⸝ […]

    1530 July 28 (Gregorian calendar), Iohan Palsgraue [i.e., John Palsgrave], “Of the Verbe”, in Lesclarcissement de la langue francoyse⸝ […], [London]: […] [Richard Pynson] fynnysshed by Iohan Haukyns, →OCLC, 3rd boke, folio cxxii, verso; reprinted Geneva: Slatkine Reprints, October 1972, →OCLC
  12. intransitiveobsoleteTo trail down or along the ground.

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nountrain (countable and uncountable, plural trains)

plural trains

  1. obsoleteuncountableTreachery; deceit.First known use 14th–19th c.

    In the meane time, through that false Ladies traine / He was surprisd, and buried under beare, / Ne ever to his worke returnd againe [...].

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  2. countableobsoleteA trick or stratagem.First known use 14th–19th c.
  3. countableobsoleteA trap for animals, a snare; (figuratively) a trap in general.First known use 14th–18th c.
  4. countableobsoleteA lure; a decoy.First known use 15th–18th c.
  5. countableobsoletefalconryA live bird, handicapped or disabled in some way, provided for a young hawk to kill as training or enticement.
  6. countableobsoleteA clue or trace.
verbtrain (third-person singular simple present trains, present participle training, simple past and past participle trained)

present singular third person trains · participle present training · participle past trained · past trained

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.

    O, train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note.

    c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]
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    If but a dozen French / Were there in arms, they would be as a call / To train ten thousand English to their side.

    c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]

    O doe not goe, this feaſt (I'le gage my life) / Is but a plot to trayne you to your ruine, / Be rul'd, you ſha'not goe.

    c. 1626 or 1629–1633 (first performance), [John Ford], ’Tis Pitty Shee’s a Whore […], London: […] Nicholas Okes for Richard Collins, […], published 1633, →OCLC, Act V, signature I2, verso

    Thou hast been trained from thy post by some deep guile — some well-devised stratagem – the cry of some distressed maiden has caught thine ear, or the laughful look of some merry one has taken thine eye.

    1825 June 22, [Walter Scott], Tales of the Crusaders. […], volume (please specify |volume=III or IV), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC
  2. colloquialobsoleteTo be on intimate terms with.

train3

nountrain (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountabletrain oil, whale oil

Train4

proper nounTrain (plural Trains)

plural Trains

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

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ambulance trainammunition trainarmoured trainbaggage trainblock trainboat traincoal trainelectric trainexpress trainfire trainfreight traingoods trainmacaroni trainmail trainmilk trainmixed trainpack trainparliamentary trainparly trainpassenger trainpay trainrailroad trainrailway trainroad trainroyal trainrunaway trainsteam trainstopping trainsubway trainsupply trainthrough traintram-traintroop traintube trainunderground trainvestibuled trainwagon trainwork train

nounpublic transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive

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railroad train
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public transport

nouna sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding

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string
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series

nouna procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file

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caravanwagon train
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procession

nounwheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed

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gearinggeargeartrainpower train
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wheelwork

verbcreate by training and teaching

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developprepareeducategroombuild up
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teachlearninstruct

verbundergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession

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preparedevelopgroom
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learnstudyread

verbdevelop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control

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disciplinecheckconditionpreparegroom
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developmake grow

verbeducate for a future role or function

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preparegroomdevelopdisciplinecheck
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educate

verbteach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

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educateschoolcultivatecivilizecivilise
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polishrefinefine-tune

verbpoint or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards

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aimtaketake aimdirect
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position

verbteach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports

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coach
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teachlearninstruct

verbexercise in order to prepare for an event or competition

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coach
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exercisework out

verbtravel by rail or train

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rail
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ride

verbdrag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground

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trail
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drag
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accustomaimbuild upcaravancheckcivilisecivilizecoachconditioncultivatedevelopdirectdisciplineeducategeargearinggroomheroinprepareracerailschoolsequenceseriesstickstringtaketake aimtrailwagon train

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

train · noun, verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-der.?
  2. Latintrahere
  3. Vulgar Latin*tragīnāre
  4. Old Frenchtraïner
  5. Old Frenchtrain
  6. Middle Englishtrayne
  7. Englishtrain

From Middle English trayne (“train”), from Old French train (“a delay, a drawing out”), from traïner (“to pull out, to draw”), from Vulgar Latin *traginō, from *tragō, from Latin trahō (“to pull, to draw”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ- (“to pull, draw, drag”). The verb was derived from the noun in Middle English. For the meaning to teach compare typologically Russian ната́скивать (natáskivatʹ) (akin to тащи́ть (taščítʹ)).

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train · noun, verb

  1. Middle Frenchtraïne
  2. Anglo-Normantraine
  3. Middle Englishtrayne“treachery”
  4. Englishtrain

From Middle English trayne (“treachery”), from Anglo-Norman traine, Middle French traïne, from traïr (“to betray”).

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train · noun

  1. Proto-West Germanic*trahnu“tear”
  2. Old Dutchtrān
  3. Middle Dutchtrâen
  4. Dutchtraan“tear, drop”
  5. Englishtrain

From Dutch traan (“tear, drop”), from Middle Dutch trâen, from Old Dutch trān, from Proto-West Germanic *trahnu (“tear”). Compare German Träne (“tear”), Tran (“train oil”).

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Train · proper noun

As an English surname, from the noun train (“hunter's trap, snare”). Also from the Middle English phrase atte trewen (“at the trees”).

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Translations

Afrikaans trein
  • treinline of connected cars or carriages
Ancient Greek σύρμα, ἀσκέω
  • σύρμα (súrma)the elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground
  • ἀσκέω (askéō)to practice an ability
  • γυμνάζω (gumnázō)to practice an ability
Arabic ذَيْل, قَافِلَة
  • ذَيْل (ḏayl)the elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground
  • قَافِلَة (qāfila)group of animals, vehicles, or people
  • قِطَار (qiṭār)line of connected cars or carriages
  • قطر (ʔaṭr)line of connected cars or carriages
  • قطار (qiṭār)line of connected cars or carriages
  • قِطَار (giṭār)line of connected cars or carriages
  • تَدَرَّبَ (tadarraba)to practice an ability
  • تَمَرَّنَ (tamarrana)to practice an ability
  • تدرب (tadarrab)to practice an ability
  • تمرن (tamarran)to practice an ability
  • دَرَّبَ (darraba)to teach a task
  • درب (darrab)to teach a task
  • دربto improve one's fitness
  • أهلto improve one's fitness
Basque tren
  • trenline of connected cars or carriages
Bengali ট্রেন, রেলগাড়ি
  • ট্রেন (ṭren)line of connected cars or carriages
  • রেলগাড়ি (relgaṛi)line of connected cars or carriages
Bulgarian шлейф, вери́га
  • шлейф (šlejf)the elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground
  • вери́га (veríga)group of animals, vehicles, or people
  • ешело́н (ešelón)group of animals, vehicles, or people
  • низ (niz)series of events or ideas which are interconnected
  • после́дователност (poslédovatelnost)series of events or ideas which are interconnected
  • трансми́сия (transmísija)set of interconnected mechanical parts
  • влак (vlak)line of connected cars or carriages
  • трен (tren)line of connected cars or carriages
  • желе́зница (želéznica)line of connected cars or carriages
  • тренирам (treniram)to practice an ability
  • обучавам (obučavam)to teach a task
  • тренирам (treniram)to improve one's fitness
Catalan ròssec, tren
  • ròssecthe elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground
  • trenline of connected cars or carriages
  • entrenarto practice an ability
  • ensinistrarto teach a task
Chinese хуәчә, 火車 /火车
  • хуәчә (huəčə)line of connected cars or carriages
  • 火車 /火车 (hóe-chhia, hé-chhia, hér-chhia)line of connected cars or carriages
  • 列車 /列车 (lia̍t-chhia)line of connected cars or carriages
Chinese Cantonese 火車 /火车, 列車 /列车
  • 火車 /火车 (fo² ce¹)line of connected cars or carriages
  • 列車 /列车 (lit⁶ ce¹)line of connected cars or carriages
Chinese Mandarin 拖裾, 火車 /火车
  • 拖裾 (tuōjū)the elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground
  • 火車 /火车 (huǒchē)line of connected cars or carriages
  • 列車 /列车 (lièchē)line of connected cars or carriages
Czech vlak, trénovat
  • vlakline of connected cars or carriages
  • trénovatto practice an ability
  • cvičitto teach a task
  • trénovatto improve one's fitness
  • cvičitto improve one's fitness
Danish slæb, optog
  • slæbthe elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground
  • optoggroup of animals, vehicles, or people
  • rækkeseries of events or ideas which are interconnected
  • kædeseries of events or ideas which are interconnected
  • togline of connected cars or carriages
  • slæbthat which is drawn along
  • øveto practice an ability
  • træneto practice an ability
  • træneto teach a task
  • træneto improve one's fitness
Dutch sleep, karavaan
  • sleepthe elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground
  • karavaangroup of animals, vehicles, or people
  • rijgroup of animals, vehicles, or people
  • stoetgroup of animals, vehicles, or people
  • treinline of connected cars or carriages
  • sleepthat which is drawn along
  • trainento practice an ability
  • oefenento practice an ability
  • trainento teach a task
  • oefenento teach a task
  • trainento improve one's fitness
Esperanto trajno, vagonaro
  • trajnoline of connected cars or carriages
  • vagonaroline of connected cars or carriages
  • trejnito practice an ability
  • trejnito teach a task
  • dresito teach a task
Estonian rong
  • rongline of connected cars or carriages
Finnish laahus, kulkue
  • laahusthe elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground
  • kulkuegroup of animals, vehicles, or people
  • jonogroup of animals, vehicles, or people
  • karavaanigroup of animals, vehicles, or people
  • ketjuseries of events or ideas which are interconnected
  • sarjaseries of events or ideas which are interconnected
  • ketjuset of interconnected mechanical parts
  • pulssijonoseries of electric pulses
  • junaline of connected cars or carriages
  • laahusthat which is drawn along
  • harjoitellato practice an ability
  • treenatato practice an ability
  • kouluttaato teach a task
  • harjoittaato teach a task
  • opettaato teach a task
  • harjoitellato improve one's fitness
  • treenatato improve one's fitness
  • edetä (jonossa)to proceed in sequence
  • suunnatato move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction
  • ohjatato encourage to grow in a particular direction
French traîne, caravane
  • traînethe elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground
  • caravanegroup of animals, vehicles, or people
  • enchainementseries of events or ideas which are interconnected
  • trainline of connected cars or carriages
  • rameline of connected cars or carriages
  • traînethat which is drawn along
  • s'entraînerto practice an ability
  • entraînerto practice an ability
  • exercerto practice an ability
  • formerto teach a task
  • dompterto teach a task
  • s'exercerto improve one's fitness
  • exercerto improve one's fitness
  • pointerto move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction
German Schleppe, Gedankenfolge
  • Schleppethe elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground
  • Gedankenfolgeseries of events or ideas which are interconnected
  • Reiheseries of events or ideas which are interconnected
  • Zugline of connected cars or carriages
  • Eisenbahnline of connected cars or carriages
  • übento practice an ability
  • dressierento teach a task
  • lehrento teach a task
  • beibringento teach a task
  • trainierento improve one's fitness
  • zielento move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction
Greek καραβάνι, ειρμός
  • καραβάνι (karaváni)group of animals, vehicles, or people
  • ειρμόςseries of events or ideas which are interconnected
  • ακολουθία (akolouthía)series of events or ideas which are interconnected
  • αλληλουχία (allilouchía)series of events or ideas which are interconnected
  • τρένο (tréno)line of connected cars or carriages
  • αμαξαστίχος (amaxastíchos)line of connected cars or carriages
  • ουρά (ourá)that which is drawn along
  • προπονούμαι (proponoúmai)to practice an ability
  • εξασκούμαι (exaskoúmai)to practice an ability
  • εξασκώ (exaskó)to practice an ability
  • ασκούμαι (askoúmai)to practice an ability
  • ασκώ (askó)to practice an ability
  • προπονώ (proponó)to teach a task
  • εκπαιδεύω (ekpaidévo)to teach a task
  • γυμνάζομαι (gymnázomai)to improve one's fitness
  • προπονούμαι (proponoúmai)to improve one's fitness
  • στρέφω (stréfo)to move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction
Hawaiian kāʻahi, kaʻa ahi
  • kāʻahiline of connected cars or carriages
  • kaʻa ahiline of connected cars or carriages
  • aʻoto teach a task
Hebrew שֹׁבֶל, שַׁיָּרָה \ שיירה
  • שֹׁבֶל (shōvel)the elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground
  • שַׁיָּרָה \ שיירה (shayará)group of animals, vehicles, or people
  • רַכֶּבֶת (rakévet)line of connected cars or carriages
  • תרגל (tirgél)to practice an ability
  • תִּרְגֵּל (tirgél)to teach a task
  • התאמן (hit'amén)to improve one's fitness
Hindi ट्रेन, रेलगाड़ी
  • ट्रेन (ṭren)line of connected cars or carriages
  • रेलगाड़ी (relgāṛī)line of connected cars or carriages
  • गाड़ी (gāṛī)line of connected cars or carriages
Hungarian karaván, pulzus
  • karavángroup of animals, vehicles, or people
  • pulzusseries of electric pulses
  • vonatline of connected cars or carriages
  • vasútline of connected cars or carriages
  • edzto practice an ability
  • kiképezto teach a task
Icelandic slóði, lest
  • slóðithe elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground
  • lestgroup of animals, vehicles, or people
  • lestline of connected cars or carriages
  • æfa sigto practice an ability
  • þjálfato teach a task
  • æfa sigto improve one's fitness
  • æfato improve one's fitness
Indonesian kereta api, kereta
  • kereta apiline of connected cars or carriages
  • keretaline of connected cars or carriages
Iranian Persian قَطار, تِرَن
  • قَطار (ġatâr)line of connected cars or carriages
  • تِرَن (teran)line of connected cars or carriages
Irish traein, treoraigh
  • traeinline of connected cars or carriages
  • treoraighto encourage to grow in a particular direction
Italian carovana, ordine
  • carovanagroup of animals, vehicles, or people
  • ordineseries of events or ideas which are interconnected
  • sequenzaseries of events or ideas which are interconnected
  • treno d'impulsiseries of electric pulses
  • trenoline of connected cars or carriages
  • trainothat which is drawn along
  • allenareto practice an ability
  • istruireto teach a task
  • esercitarsito improve one's fitness
Japanese トレーン, 行列
  • トレーン (torēn)the elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground
  • 行列 (gyōretsu)group of animals, vehicles, or people
  • 連続 (renzoku)series of events or ideas which are interconnected
  • 列車 (ressha)line of connected cars or carriages
  • 電車 (densha)line of connected cars or carriages
  • 汽車 (kisha)line of connected cars or carriages
  • 尾 (o)that which is drawn along
  • 練習する (renshūsuru)to practice an ability
  • 鍛える (kitaeru)to practice an ability
  • 訓練する (kunrensuru)to teach a task
  • トレーニングする (torēningu suru)to improve one's fitness
  • トレするto improve one's fitness
  • 照準する (shōjunsuru)to move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction
Korean 트레인, 행렬
  • 트레인 (teurein)the elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground
  • 행렬 (haengnyeol)group of animals, vehicles, or people
  • 기차 (gicha)line of connected cars or carriages
  • 열차 (yeolcha)line of connected cars or carriages
  • 렬차 (ryeolcha)line of connected cars or carriages
Latin agmen, trāmen
  • agmengroup of animals, vehicles, or people
  • trāmenline of connected cars or carriages
  • hamaxostichusline of connected cars or carriages
  • asportoto practice an ability
  • condoceoto practice an ability
  • exercitoto practice an ability
Latvian karavāna, vilciens
  • karavānagroup of animals, vehicles, or people
  • vilciensline of connected cars or carriages
  • trenētiesto practice an ability
  • apmācītto teach a task
Lithuanian traukinys
  • traukinysline of connected cars or carriages
Malay kereta api, keretapi
  • kereta apiline of connected cars or carriages
  • keretapiline of connected cars or carriages
  • trenline of connected cars or carriages
  • kereta lipanline of connected cars or carriages
  • berlatihto practice an ability
  • latihto teach a task
Māori tautō, hikuroa
  • tautōthe elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground
  • hikuroagroup of animals, vehicles, or people
  • tereinaline of connected cars or carriages
  • whakangunguto practice an ability
  • parakitihito practice an ability
  • akoto teach a task
  • whakangunguto teach a task
Norwegian trene, øve
  • treneto practice an ability
  • øveto practice an ability
  • treneto improve one's fitness
  • mosjonereto improve one's fitness
Norwegian Bokmål tog
  • togline of connected cars or carriages
Persian قَطَار
  • قَطَار (qatār)line of connected cars or carriages
Polish tren, orszak
  • trenthe elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground
  • orszakgroup of animals, vehicles, or people
  • świtagroup of animals, vehicles, or people
  • sznurgroup of animals, vehicles, or people
  • ciągseries of events or ideas which are interconnected
  • łańcuchseries of events or ideas which are interconnected
  • układset of interconnected mechanical parts
  • zespółset of interconnected mechanical parts
  • ciągseries of electric pulses
  • seriaseries of electric pulses
  • pociągline of connected cars or carriages
  • ogonthat which is drawn along
  • ćwiczyćto practice an ability
  • trenowaćto practice an ability
  • ćwiczyćto teach a task
  • trenowaćto teach a task
  • ćwiczyćto improve one's fitness
  • trenowaćto improve one's fitness
  • przesuwać sięto proceed in sequence
  • wycelowaćto move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction
Portuguese cauda, comboio
  • caudathe elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground
  • comboiogroup of animals, vehicles, or people
  • sérieseries of events or ideas which are interconnected
  • sequênciaseries of events or ideas which are interconnected
  • trenzinhosex: an act wherein series of men line up and then penetrate a person
  • tremline of connected cars or carriages
  • comboioline of connected cars or carriages
  • arrastothat which is drawn along
  • treinarto practice an ability
  • praticarto practice an ability
  • instruirto teach a task
  • exercitar-seto improve one's fitness
Punjabi ਗੱਡੀ, ریل گَڈی
  • ਗੱਡੀ (gaḍḍī)line of connected cars or carriages
  • ریل گَڈی (rel gaḍī)line of connected cars or carriages
Romanian tren
  • trenline of connected cars or carriages
Russian шлейф, трен
  • шлейф (šlejf)the elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground
  • трен (trɛn)the elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground
  • карава́н (karaván)group of animals, vehicles, or people
  • сви́та (svíta)group of animals, vehicles, or people
  • верени́ца (vereníca)group of animals, vehicles, or people
  • проце́ссия (procéssija)group of animals, vehicles, or people
  • корте́ж (kortɛ́ž)group of animals, vehicles, or people
  • поезд (pojezd)group of animals, vehicles, or people
  • череда́ (čeredá)series of events or ideas which are interconnected
  • цепо́чка (cepóčka)set of interconnected mechanical parts
  • се́рия (sérija)series of electric pulses
  • цепо́чка (cepóčka)series of electric pulses
  • тренирова́ться (trenirovátʹsja)to practice an ability
  • натренирова́ться (natrenirovátʹsja)to practice an ability
  • учи́ться (učítʹsja)to practice an ability
  • научи́ться (naučítʹsja)to practice an ability
  • обуча́ться (obučátʹsja)to practice an ability
  • обучи́ться (obučítʹsja)to practice an ability
  • учи́ть (učítʹ)to teach a task
  • научи́ть (naučítʹ)to teach a task
  • обуча́ть (obučátʹ)to teach a task
  • обучи́ть (obučítʹ)to teach a task
  • тренирова́ться (trenirovátʹsja)to improve one's fitness
  • натренирова́ться (natrenirovátʹsja)to improve one's fitness
Scottish Gaelic trèan, trèan
  • trèanline of connected cars or carriages
  • trèanto practice an ability
  • teagaisgto teach a task
  • trèanto improve one's fitness
Slovak vlak
  • vlakline of connected cars or carriages
Spanish cola, caravana
  • colathe elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground
  • caravanagroup of animals, vehicles, or people
  • trenecitosex: an act wherein series of men line up and then penetrate a person
  • trenline of connected cars or carriages
  • colathat which is drawn along
  • entrenarto practice an ability
  • adiestrarto teach a task
  • enseñar a (algo)to teach a task
  • instruirto teach a task
  • capacitarto teach a task
  • entrenarto teach a task
  • entrenarto improve one's fitness
Swahili garimoshi, treni
  • garimoshigroup of animals, vehicles, or people
  • trenigroup of animals, vehicles, or people
  • garimoshiline of connected cars or carriages
  • treniline of connected cars or carriages
Swedish släp, tåg
  • släpthe elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground
  • tåggroup of animals, vehicles, or people
  • kedjaseries of events or ideas which are interconnected
  • pulstågseries of electric pulses
  • tågline of connected cars or carriages
  • persontågline of connected cars or carriages
  • godstågline of connected cars or carriages
  • tränato practice an ability
  • övato practice an ability
  • tränato teach a task
  • tränato improve one's fitness
  • tågato proceed in sequence
Tagalog sagayad, saya de cola
  • sagayadthe elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground
  • saya de colathe elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground
  • trenline of connected cars or carriages
  • magsanayto practice an ability
  • magbangadto teach a task
Tamil அணி, ரயில்
  • அணி (aṇi)group of animals, vehicles, or people
  • ரயில் (rayil)line of connected cars or carriages
  • புகைவண்டி (pukaivaṇṭi)line of connected cars or carriages
  • கோச்சி (kōcci)line of connected cars or carriages
  • புகையிரதம் (pukaiyiratam)line of connected cars or carriages
  • தொடருந்து (toṭaruntu)line of connected cars or carriages
  • தூமரதம் (tūmaratam)line of connected cars or carriages
  • தொடர்வண்டி (toṭarvaṇṭi)line of connected cars or carriages
  • பயில் (payil)to practice an ability
  • கற்பி (kaṟpi)to teach a task
  • பயிற்சி செய் (payiṟci cey)to improve one's fitness
Thai รถไฟ, หัด
  • รถไฟ (rót-fai)line of connected cars or carriages
  • หัด (hàt)to practice an ability
  • ฝึกหัด (fʉ̀k-hàt)to practice an ability
Turkish katar, tren
  • katargroup of animals, vehicles, or people
  • trenline of connected cars or carriages
  • katarline of connected cars or carriages
  • öyretməkto teach a task
Ukrainian шлейф, трен
  • шлейф (šlejf)the elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground
  • трен (tren)the elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground
  • по́тяг (pótjah)line of connected cars or carriages
  • по́їзд (pójizd)line of connected cars or carriages
Urdu ریل گاڑی, گاڑی
  • ریل گاڑی (rel gāṛī)line of connected cars or carriages
  • گاڑی (gāṛī)line of connected cars or carriages
  • قِطار (qitār)line of connected cars or carriages
  • ریل (rel)line of connected cars or carriages
  • ٹرین (ṭren)line of connected cars or carriages
Vietnamese xe lửa, tàu hỏa
  • xe lửaline of connected cars or carriages
  • tàu hỏaline of connected cars or carriages
  • tàu lửaline of connected cars or carriages
  • hỏa xaline of connected cars or carriages
  • tậpto improve one's fitness
Welsh gosgordd, dilyniant
  • gosgorddgroup of animals, vehicles, or people
  • dilyniantseries of events or ideas which are interconnected
  • trênset of interconnected mechanical parts
  • trênline of connected cars or carriages
  • cerbydresline of connected cars or carriages
  • hyfforddito practice an ability
  • dysguto teach a task
  • hyfforddito teach a task
  • treinioto teach a task
  • treinioto improve one's fitness
  • ymarferto improve one's fitness
  • aneluto move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction
Yiddish באַן, אײַזנבאַן
  • באַן (ban)line of connected cars or carriages
  • אײַזנבאַן (ayznban)line of connected cars or carriages
  • צוג (tsug)line of connected cars or carriages
  • פּאָיעזד (poyezd)line of connected cars or carriages
Zulu isitimela
  • isitimelaline of connected cars or carriages

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with train

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Anagrams

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