[train] n [ME traine, fr. MF, fr. OF, fr. trair to betray, fr. L tradere--more at traitor] (14c) obs: scheme, trick
[2]train n [ME, fr. MF, fr. OF, fr. trainer to draw, drag] (15c) 1: a part of a gown that trails behind the wearer
2. a: retinue, suite b: a moving file of persons, vehicles, or animals
3: the vehicles, personnel, and sometimes animals that furnish supply, maintenance, and evacuation services to a combat unit
4. a: order of occurrence leading to some result--often used in the phrase in train "this humiliating process had been in ~ for decades --Paul Fussell" b: an orderly succession "a ~ of thought" c: accompanying or resultant circumstances: aftermath "consequences the discovery will bring in its ~"
5: a line of combustible material laid to lead fire to a charge
6: a series of moving mechanical parts (as gears) that transmit and modify motion
7. a: a connected line of railroad cars with or without a locomotive b: an automotive tractor with one or more trailer units 8: a series of parts or elements that together constitute a system for producing a result and esp. for carrying on a process (as of manufacture) automatically -- train.ful n [3]train vb [ME, fr. MF trainer, fr. OF, fr. (assumed) VL traginare; akin to L trahere to draw] vt (15c) 1: trail, drag
2: to direct the growth of (a plant) usu. by bending, pruning, and tying 3 a: to form by instruction, discipline, or drill b: to teach so as to make fit, qualified, or proficient
4: to make prepared (as by exercise) for a test of skill
5: to aim at an object or objective: direct "~ed his camera on the deer" "~ing every effort toward success" ~ vi 1: to undergo instruction, discipline, or drill
2: to go by train syn see teach -- train.abil.i.ty n -- train.able adj