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Definition of train : 1. A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad.
2. A consecution or succession of connected things; a series.
3. A following edge. See Advancing edge, above.
4. A heavy long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.
5. A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine, or the like.
6. A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite.
7. A roll train; as, a 12- inch train.
8. Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare.
9. Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement.
10. That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer.
11. That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement.
12. The after part of a gun carriage; the trail.
13. The aggregation of men, animals, and vehicles which accompany an army or one of its subdivisions, and transport its baggage, ammunition, supplies, and reserve materials of all kinds.
14. The number of beats of a watch in any certain time.
15. The tail of a bird.
16. To be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company.
17. To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen.
18. To draw along; to trail; to drag.
19. To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.
20. 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.
21. To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race.
22. 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.
23. To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head.

Synonyms:

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farm, breed, tame, herd, ranch, hostle, domesticate, housebreak, groom, break, wrangle

instill, instruct, drill, educate, inculcate, edify, indoctrinate, imbue, enlighten, school, guide, teach, tutor, lecture

coupe, roadster, station wagon, limousine, automobile, stagecoach, landau, buggy, armored car, cab, sedan, taxicab, wagon, bicycle, hearse, tractor, cart, coach, sled, car, ship, bus, fire engine, jalopy, truck, conveyance, jeep, convertible, boxcar, auto, vehicle, sledge, van, ferry, ambulance, barge, motorcycle, boat, brougham, gondola, taxi, motorcar

gamut, progression, string, sequel, succession, course, consecution, linkage, series, arrangement, subsequence, line, procession, legacy, chain, queue, consecutiveness, sequence, link, consequence, lineage, thread, concatenation, array, rank

Usage examples:

• Remember the beautiful little train?
• Just this time yesterday he had got into the train, just this time yesterday turned and seen the face which had refused to leave him since. - "Beyond", John Galsworthy.
• He knew you did, sir, when you never came, and he told me to tell you there was no such train. - "A Thief in the Night", E. W. Hornung.