v.
- teach (a person or animal) a skill or type of behaviour through regular practice and instruction.
▸be taught in such a way.
- make or become physically fit through a course of exercise and diet.
-
(train something on)
point or aim something at.
- cause (a plant) to grow in a particular direction or into a required shape.
- dated go by train.
- archaic entice (someone).
n.
- a series of railway carriages or wagons moved as a unit by a locomotive or by integral motors.
- a number of vehicles or pack animals moving in a line.
▸a retinue of attendants accompanying an important person.
- a series of connected events or thoughts.
- a long piece of trailing material attached to the back of a formal dress or robe.
- a series of gears or other connected parts in machinery.
- a trail of gunpowder for firing an explosive charge.
Phrase
Derivative
- trainability n.
- trainable adj.
- training n.
- trainload n.
Etymology
ME (as a noun in the sense ‘delay’): from OFr. train (masc.), traine (fem.), from trahiner (v.), from L. trahere ‘pull, draw’.