Word Meaning

train definition and meaning

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

Crossword clues for train

- A lure
- A means of public transport
- A means of transport
- Choo-choo
- Coach
- Coach (team)
- Coach or rail transport
- Commuter vehicle
- Coupled engine and carriages
- Drill
- Exercise coach
- Instruct
- Line (of thought)
- Line of camels
- Locomotive
- Locomotive and carriages
- Means of transport
- One form of public transport
- Orient Express is one
- Passenger locomotive
- Passenger vehicle
- Practise
- Procession
- Rail transport
- Retinue
- Teach skills in sequence
- Teach tricks to camels in line
- The Orient Express is one
- To coach
- Track vehicle
- Trailing part of gown
- Transport
- Work out