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train
Part of speech: NounA connected line of railroad cars; something drawn or dragged behind; as, the train of a dress; aretinue, or body of servants; a company or procession; the line of motor trucks, etc., which carry suppiles to an army; aseries of connected things; as, a train of ideas; a course or process; a line of gunpowder laid to fire a charge.
Part of speech: VerbTo instruct by practice; drill; discipline; educate; to aim or point at an object, as a cannon; discipline or tame for use; as, to train a wild animal; to prepare for athletic contests or horse racing; to direct the growth of, as a plant.
Part of speech: VerbTo prepare oneself for a contest of strength.
Usage examples "train":- Or is there not a train to- night? - "Weighed and Wanting", George MacDonald.
- He found out he could get a train back in about an hour. - "Tom Slade at Black Lake", Percy Keese Fitzhugh.
- But before long he fell into a train of writing more profitable even than the drama. - "A Short History of French Literature", George Saintsbury.