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train

noun

Pronunciation

/tɹeɪn/ /tɹeɪn/ /tɹeɪn/

Audio pronunciation

Parts of speech

noun verb

Definitions

noun

  1. Elongated portion.
  2. Connected sequence of people or things.

verb

  1. To practice an ability.
  2. To teach and form (someone) by practice; to educate (someone).
  3. To improve one's fitness.
  4. To proceed in sequence.
  5. To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.
  6. To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape, usually by pruning and bending.
  7. To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head.
  8. To create a trainer for; to apply cheats to (a game).
  9. To draw along; to trail; to drag.
  10. To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.

noun

  1. Treachery; deceit.
  2. A trick or stratagem.
  3. A trap for animals; a snare.
  4. A lure; a decoy.

Example sentences

She trained seven hours a day to prepare for the Olympics.
You can't train a pig to write poetry.
I trained with weights all winter.
The assassin had trained his gun on the minister.
The vine had been trained over the pergola.
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