• | To draw along; to trail; to drag. |
• | To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure. |
• | To teach and form by practice; to educate; to exercise; to discipline; as, to train the militia to the manual exercise; to train soldiers to the use of arms. |
• | To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen. |
• | To lead or direct, and form to a wall or espalier; to form to a proper shape, by bending, lopping, or pruning; as, to train young trees. |
• | To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head. |
• | To be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company. |
• | To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race. |
• | That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement. |
• | Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare. |
• | That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after, something; that which is in the hinder part or rear. |
• | That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer. |
• | The after part of a gun carriage; the trail. |
• | The tail of a bird. |
• | A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite. |
• | A consecution or succession of connected things; a series. |
• | Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement. |
• | The number of beats of a watch in any certain time. |
• | A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine, or the like. |
• | A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad. |
• | A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like. |
• | A roll train; as, a 12-inch train. |