v. t. - To draw along; to trail; to drag.
v. t. - To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.
v. t. - 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.
v. t. - To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen.
v. t. - 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.
v. t. - To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head.
v. i. - To be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company.
v. i. - To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race.
v. - That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement.
v. - Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare.
v. - That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after, something; that which is in the hinder part or rear.
v. - That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer.
v. - The after part of a gun carriage; the trail.
v. - The tail of a bird.
v. - A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite.
v. - A consecution or succession of connected things; a series.
v. - Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement.
v. - The number of beats of a watch in any certain time.
v. - A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine, or the like.
v. - A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad.
v. - A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.
v. - A roll train; as, a 12-inch train.
n. - A heavy long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.
n. - 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.