train

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A line of connected railway carriages pulled by an engine.

   We took the early train to London.

2. 2
   verb

   To practise a skill or exercise to prepare for something.

   She trains every morning for the marathon.

3. 3
   verb

   To teach a person or animal how to do something.

   He trains police dogs for a living.

4. 4
   noun

   The long back part of a dress or gown that trails along the floor.

   Two children carried the train of the bride's gown.

Common collocations

• catch a train Verb + noun
• miss a train Verb + noun
• take a train Verb + noun
• express train Adjective + noun
• high-speed train Adjective + noun
• board a train Verb + noun
• train a dog Verb + noun
• freight train Adjective + noun
• overnight train Adjective + noun
• train a teacher Verb + noun
• train the brain Verb + noun

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.? Latin trahere Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre Old French traïnerder. Old French trainder. Middle English trayne English train From Middle English trayne (“train”), from Old French train (“a delay, a drawing out”), from traïner (“to pull out, to draw”), from Vulgar Latin *traginō, from *tragō, from Latin trahō (“to pull, to draw”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ- (“to pull, draw, drag”). The verb was derived from the noun in Middle English. For the meaning to teach compare typologically Russian ната́скивать (natáskivatʹ) (akin to тащи́ть (taš…

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