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n.
row of connected railroad cars
1) to drive a ~
2) to shunt ~s (onto different tracks)
3) to board, get on; catch; get off; miss; take a ~ (we took a ~ to the city)
4) to change ~s (we'll have to change ~s in Chicago)
5) to flag down; hold; stop a ~ (to stop a ~ by pulling the communication/emergency cord)
6) a boat; commuter; down ( BE ) ('from a city'); electric; elevated; express; freight ( AE ), goods ( BE ); hospital; inbound; local; long-distance; outbound; passenger; shuttle; slow ( BE ); stopping ( BE ); suburban; through; up ( BE ) ('to a city') ~
7) a ~ arrives, pulls in; derails; leaves, pulls out; stops
8) a ~ for, to; from (the ~ from Exeter to London)
9) by ~ (to travel by ~)
10) aboard, on a ~ (we met on the ~)
column
11) a mule; supply; wagon ~
mechanism for transmitting power
12) a power ~
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v.
1) ( D ; intr. , tr. ) to ~ for (to ~ for the Olympics)
2) ( D ; tr. ) to ~ in (to ~ smb. in defensive driving)
3) ( d ; tr. ) ('to aim') to ~ on (he ~ed his gun on the intruder)
4) ( H ) they were ~ed to react instantaneously to an attack; they ~ed the workers to be precise