Train
Definition of Train
v. t. | 1. | | | 1. | To draw along; to trail; to drag. | | 2. | To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure. | | 3. | 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. | | 4. | To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen. | | 5. | (Hort.) 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. | | 6. | (Mining) To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head. | v. i. | 1. | To be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company. | | 2. | To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race. | n. | 1. | That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement. | | 2. | Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare. | | 3. | That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after, something; that which is in the hinder part or rear. | | 4. | That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer. | | 4. | A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite. | | 5. | (Mil.) The after part of a gun carriage; the trail. | | 5. | A consecution or succession of connected things; a series. | | 6. | The tail of a bird. | | 6. | Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement. | | 7. | The number of beats of a watch in any certain time. | | 8. | A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine, or the like. | | 9. | A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad; - called also railroad train. | | 10. | A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like. | | 11. | (Rolling Mill) A roll train; as, a 12-inch train. | | 12. | (Mil.) 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. |
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