n. 25B6; verb
an engineer trained in remote-sensing techniques : INSTRUCT, teach, coach, tutor, school, educate, prime, drill, ground; inculcate, indoctrinate.
she's training to be a hairdresser : STUDY, learn, prepare, take instruction.
with the Olympics in mind, athletes are training hard : EXERCISE, do exercises, work out, get into shape, practise.
she trained the gun on his chest : AIM, point, direct, level, focus; take aim, zero in on.
25B6; noun
the train for London : railway train; baby talk choo choo. See list.
a minister and his train of attendants : RETINUE, entourage, cortège, following, staff, household, court, suite, attendants, retainers, followers, bodyguards.
a train of elephants : PROCESSION, line, file, column, convoy, cavalcade, caravan, queue, string, succession.
a bizarre train of events : CHAIN, string, series, sequence, succession, set, course, cycle, concatenation.
Trains and Rolling Stock
aerotrain mail train
baggage car metro
bi-level carriage Metroliner
boat train milk train
brake van monorail
buffet car motor coach
bullet train non-smoker
caboose non-stop
car observation car
carriage palace car
chair car parlor car
club car passenger train
coach Pullman
couchette railcar
day coach/car restaurant car
diesel-electric saloon car
diesel locomotive Shinkansen
dining car shunter
double-header sleeper
drive-on train sleeping car/carriage
electric train slip carriage
express slow train
freight car smoker
freight train Sprinter
goods train stateroom
goods wagon steam locomotive
guard's van steam train
high-speed train (HST) stopping train
hospital train subway train
hovertrain traction unit
jerkwater train the tube
light engine turbotrain
luggage van underground train
maglev unit train
mail coach