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say it: trayn
train is a verb and noun meaning "create by training and teaching". It carries 17 recorded senses.
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”
develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
“Parents must discipline their children”
“Is this dog trained?”
point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
“Please don't aim at your little brother!”
“He trained his gun on the burglar”
“Don't train your camera on the women”
“Take a swipe at one's opponent”
exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition
“She is training for the Olympics”
public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive
“express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction”
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”
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”
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”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for train come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.