Index of English words, starting with "tr"

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

(1) - Trainable (a.) Capable of being trained or educated; as, boys trainable to virtue.

(1) - Trainband (n.) A band or company of an organized military force instituted by James I. and dissolved by Charles II.; -- afterwards applied to the London militia.

(1) - Trainer (n.) A militiaman when called out for exercise or discipline.
(2) - Trainer (n.) One who trains; an instructor; especially, one who trains or prepares men, horses, etc., for exercises requiring physical agility and strength.