train

create by training and teaching

• “The old master is training world-class violinists”
• “we develop the leaders for the future”

undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession

• “She is training to be a teacher”
• “He trained as a legal aid”

train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control

• “Parents must discipline their children”
• “Is this dog trained?”

prepare (someone) for a future role or function

• “He is grooming his son to become his successor”
• “The prince was prepared to become King one day”
• “They trained him to be a warrior”

train to be discriminative in taste or judgment

• “Cultivate your musical taste”
• “Train your tastebuds”
• “She is well schooled in poetry”

aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment

• “Please don”
• “;”
• “;”
• “t train your camera on the women”
• “Take a swipe at one”

teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports

• “He is training our Olympic team”
• “She is coaching the crew”

exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition

• “She is training for the Olympics”

train to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it

• “train the vine”

travel by rail or train

• “They railed from Rome to Venice”
• “She trained to Hamburg”

drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground

• “The toddler was trailing his pants”
• “She trained her long scarf behind her”

public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive

• “express trains don”

a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding

• “a string of islands”
• “train of mourners”
• “a train of thought”

a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file

• “we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels”
• “they joined the wagon train for safety”

a series of consequences wrought by an event

• “it led to a train of disasters”

piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor

• “the bride”

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”