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train rtain tarin atrin ratin artin trian rtian tiran itran ritan irtan tairn atirn tiarn itarn aitrn iatrn raitn aritn riatn iratn airtn iartn trani rtani tarni atrni ratni artni trnai rtnai tnrai ntrai rntai nrtai tanri atnri tnari ntari antri natri ranti arnti rnati nrati anrti narti trina rtina tirna itrna ritna irtna trnia rtnia tnria ntria rntia nrtia tinra itnra tnira ntira intra nitra rinta irnta rnita nrita inrta nirta tainr atinr tianr itanr aitnr iatnr tanir atnir tnair ntair antir natir tinar itnar tniar ntiar intar nitar aintr iantr anitr naitr inatr niatr raint arint riant irant airnt iarnt ranit arnit rnait nrait anrit narit rinat irnat rniat nriat inrat nirat ainrt ianrt anirt nairt inart niart

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Definitions and meaning of train

train

Etymology 1

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.

Pronunciation

• enPR: trān, IPA^(key): /tɹeɪn/, [t̠ɹ̠̊˔e̞ɪn], [t͡ʃɹeɪn]
• Hyphenation: train
• Rhymes: -eɪn

Noun

train (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. [from 14th c.]
   2. A trail or line of something, especially gunpowder. [from 15th c.]
   3. The tail of a bird.
   4. (obsolete) The tail of an animal in general.
   5. (poetic) The elongated body or form of something narrow and winding, such as the course of a river or the body of a snake.
   6. (astronomy) A 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.
   7. (now rare) An animal's trail or track. [from 16th c.]
   8. (obsolete, hunting) Something dragged or laid along the ground to form a trail of scent or food along which to lure an animal.
   9. (obsolete) Gait 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. [from 14th c.]
   2. A group of animals, vehicles, or people that follow one another in a line, such as a wagon train; a caravan or procession. [from 15th c.]

   3. (figuratively, poetic) A group or class of people.
   4. (military) The men and vehicles following an army, which carry artillery and other equipment for battle or siege. [from 16th c.]
   5. A sequence of events or ideas which are interconnected; a course or procedure of something. [from 15th c.]
   6. A set of things, events, or circumstances that follow after or as a consequence; aftermath, wake.
   7. (obsolete) State of progress, status, situation (in phrases introduced by in a + adjective); also proper order or situation (introduced by in or in a alone). [18th–19th c.]
      • 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,^[4]

        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.
   8. A set of interconnected mechanical parts which operate each other in sequence. [from 18th c.]
   9. A series of electrical pulses. [from 19th c.]
   10. A series of specified vehicles (originally tramcars in a mine as usual, later especially railway carriages) coupled together. [from 19th c.]
   11. A mechanical (traditionally steam-powered, now typically diesel or electrical) vehicle carrying a large number of passengers and freight along a designated track or path; a line of connected wagons considered overall as a mode of transport; (as uncountable noun) rail or road travel. [from 19th c.]
   12. (informal) A service on a railway line.
   13. A long, heavy sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, etc.
   14. (computing) A software release schedule.
   15. (sex, slang) An act wherein series of men line up and then penetrate a person, especially as a form of gang rape. [from 20th c.]

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Derived terms

Descendants

• → Irish: traein
• → Maltese: trejn
• → Scottish Gaelic: trèan
• → Welsh: trên

Translations

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To practice an ability.

2. (transitive) To teach and form (someone) by practice; to educate (someone).
3. (intransitive) To improve one's fitness.

4. (intransitive) To proceed in sequence.
5. (transitive) To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.

6. (transitive, horticulture) To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape, usually by pruning and bending.
7. (transitive, machine learning) To feed data into an algorithm, usually based on a neural network, to create a machine learning model that can perform some task.
8. (transitive, mining) To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head.
9. (transitive, video games) To create a trainer (cheat patch) for; to apply cheats to (a game).
10. (transitive, obsolete) To draw (something) along; to trail, to drag (something).
11. (intransitive, obsolete, of clothing) To trail down or along the ground.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• exercise
• work out

Etymology 2

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

Noun

train (countable and uncountable, plural trains)

1. (uncountable, obsolete) Treachery; deceit. [14th–19th c.]
2. (countable, obsolete) A trick or stratagem. [14th–19th c.]
3. (countable, obsolete) A trap for animals, a snare; (figuratively) a trap in general. [14th–18th c.]
4. (countable, obsolete) A lure; a decoy. [15th–18th c.]
5. (countable, obsolete, falconry) A live bird, handicapped or disabled in some way, provided for a young hawk to kill as training or enticement.
6. (countable, obsolete) A clue or trace.

Verb

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

1. (transitive, obsolete) To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.
2. (obsolete, colloquial) To be on intimate terms with.

Etymology 3

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

Noun

train (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) train oil, whale oil.

Derived terms

• train oil
• trainy

Further reading

• Train on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Artin, Tarin, Tiran, Trina, atrin, intra-, riant, tairn, tarin

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

train

1. inflection of trainen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Anagrams

• tiran

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French train, from Old French train, from the verb trahiner (“to pull, drag”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɛ̃/

Noun

train m (plural trains)

1. train (rail mounted vehicle)
2. pace
3. (Louisiana) noise

Derived terms

Descendants

• → German: Train
• → Romanian: tren
• → Spanish: tren
  • → Moroccan Arabic: تران (trān)
  • → Tagalog: tren
  • → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: treni̱
  • → Yaqui: tréen
• → Sicilian: trenu
• → Turkish: tren

Further reading

• “train”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• riant

Norman

Etymology

From Old French train (“a delay, a drawing out”), from trainer (“to pull out, to draw”), from Vulgar Latin *tragināre, from *tragere, from Latin trahō, trahere (“pull, draw”, verb).

Pronunciation

Noun

train m (plural trains)

1. (Jersey) train