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train

English

  1. 🔊 public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive
    “express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction”
  2. 🔊 piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor
    “the bride's train was carried by her two young nephews”
  3. 🔊 a series of consequences wrought by an event
    “it led to a train of disasters”
  4. 🔊 a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file
    “we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels”
  5. 🔊 a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
    “a string of islands”
  6. 🔊 wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
    “the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain”
  7. 🔊 exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition
    “She is training for the Olympics”
  8. 🔊 undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession
    “She is training to be a teacher”
  9. 🔊 create by training and teaching
    “The old master is training world-class violinists”
  10. 🔊 travel by rail or train
    “They railed from Rome to Venice”
  11. 🔊 cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it
    “train the vine”
  12. 🔊 teach and supervise (someone)
    “He is training our Olympic team”
  13. 🔊 drag loosely along a surface
    “The toddler was trailing his pants”
  14. 🔊 develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice
    “Parents must discipline their children”
  15. 🔊 point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
    “Please don't aim at your little brother!”
  16. 🔊 educate for a future role or function
    “He is grooming his son to become his successor”
  17. 🔊 teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
    “Cultivate your musical taste”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 ferrocarril train
  2. 🔊 tren train
  3. 🔊 baquiar to train
  4. 🔊 capacitar to train
  5. 🔊 entrenar to train
  6. 🔊 formar to train, to educate
  7. 🔊 ducir to train, school, drill
  8. 🔊 amaestrar to train, school, drill (an animal)

Similar words

gearing gear geartrain power train railroad train caravan wagon train string prepare develop prepare educate coach aim take take aim direct trail rail prepare groom educate school cultivate