Train Definition

trān

trained, training, trains

noun

trains

Something that hangs down and drags behind.

Webster's New World

A group of persons, animals, vehicles, etc. that follow one another in a line; procession; caravan; cortege.

Webster's New World

A group of persons following as attendants in a procession; retinue; suite.

Webster's New World

The persons, vehicles, etc. carrying supplies, ammunition, food, etc. for combat troops.

Webster's New World

A part of a gown that trails behind the wearer.

American Heritage

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verb

trained, training, trains

To coach in or accustom to a mode of behavior or performance.

American Heritage

To guide the growth of (a plant), as by tying, pruning, etc.

Webster's New World

To prepare physically, as with a regimen.

Train athletes for track-and-field competition.

American Heritage

To subject to certain action, exercises, etc. in order to bring to a desired condition.

A surgeon's hand trained to be steady.

Webster's New World

To trail or drag.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Train

Singular:

train

Plural:

From Middle English, from Old French train (“a delay, a drawing out"), from trainer (“to pull out, to draw"), from Vulgar Latin *tragināre, from *tragere, from Latin trahere (“to pull, to draw"). The verb was derived from the noun in Middle English.

From Wiktionary
Middle English trailing part of a gown from Old French from trainer to drag from Vulgar Latin tragīnāre from tragere to pull back-formation from tractus past participle of Latin trahere

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Anglo-Norman traine, Middle French traïne, from traïr (“to betray").

From Wiktionary