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train

noun
/ˈtɹeɪn/US/ˈtɹæɪ̯n/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.? Latin trahere Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre Old French traïnerder. Old French trainder. Middle English trayne English train From Middle English trayne (“train”), from Old French train (“a delay, a drawing out”), from traïner (“to pull out, to draw”), from Vulgar Latin *traginō, from *tragō, from Latin trahō (“to pull, to draw”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ- (“to pull, draw, drag”). The verb was derived from the noun in Middle English. For the meaning to teach compare typologically Russian ната́скивать (natáskivatʹ) (akin to тащи́ть (taščítʹ)).

  1. derived from *dʰregʰ-✻
  2. derived from trahō — “to pull, to draw”
  3. derived from *traginō✻
  4. derived from train — “a delay, a drawing out”
  5. inherited from trayne — “train”

Definitions

  1. Elongated or trailing portion.

    • Unfortunately, the leading bridesmaid stepped on the bride's train as they were walking down the aisle.
    • They called each other by their Christian name, were always arm in arm when they walked, pinned up each other's train for the dance, and were not to be divided in the set [...].
    • He was generally seen trooping like a colt at his mother's heels, equipped in a pair of his father's cast-off galligaskins, which he had much ado to hold up with one hand, as a lady does her train in bad weather.

  2. Connected sequence of people or things.

    • Sir, I invite your Highness and your train / To my poor cell, where you shall take your rest /For this one night
    • The imperial train arrived on November 22 at Te-chou, a city in western Shantung along the border of Chihli.
    • Grace was glad the citizenry did not know Katherine Gordon was in the king’s train, but she was beginning to understand Henry’s motive for including the pretender’s wife.

  3. To practice an ability.

    • She trained seven hours a day to prepare for the Olympics.
  4. ›+ 21 more definitions

    1. To teach and form (someone) by practice

      To teach and form (someone) by practice; to educate (someone).

      • You can't train a pig to write poetry.

    2. To improve one's fitness.

      • I trained with weights all winter.

    3. To proceed in sequence.

    4. To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.

      • The assassin had trained his gun on the minister.

    5. To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape, usually by…

      To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape, usually by pruning and bending.

      • The vine had been trained over the pergola.
      • He trains the young branches to the right hand or to the left.

    6. To feed data into an algorithm, usually based on a neural network, to create a machine…

      To feed data into an algorithm, usually based on a neural network, to create a machine learning model that can perform some task.

      • At least 10 lawsuits have been filed this year against A.I. companies, accusing them of training their systems on artists’ creative work without consent.

    7. To transport (something) by train.

      • Colson was to truck the 'plane to Alice Springs, where it would be trained to Adelaide for repairs.

    8. To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head.

    9. To create a trainer (cheat patch) for

      To create a trainer (cheat patch) for; to apply cheats to (a game).

      • I got a twix on the 128 version being fixed and trained by Mad Max at M2K BBS 208-587-7636 in Mountain Home Idaho. He fixes many games and puts them on his board. One of my sources for games and utils.
      • In the mid-1980s, demoparties were also copyparties, where the first so called hot releases of cracked and trained games changed hands. However, illegal software copying later disappeared […]

    10. To draw (something) along

      To draw (something) along; to trail, to drag (something).

      • [I]t pleaſed the grekes at that tyme to ſe yͤ body of Hector ſo trayned by Achilles⸝ bycauſe he was wont to be ſo redoubtab[l]e to them⸝ […]
      • In hollow cube / Training his devilish enginery.

    11. To trail down or along the ground.

    12. Treachery

      Treachery; deceit.

      • In the meane time, through that false Ladies traine / He was surprisd, and buried under beare, / Ne ever to his worke returnd againe [...].

    13. A trick or stratagem.

    14. A trap for animals, a snare

      A trap for animals, a snare; (figuratively) a trap in general.

    15. A lure

      A lure; a decoy.

    16. A live bird, handicapped or disabled in some way, provided for a young hawk to kill as…

      A live bird, handicapped or disabled in some way, provided for a young hawk to kill as training or enticement.

    17. A clue or trace.

    18. To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like

      To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.

      • If but a dozen French / Were there in arms, they would be as a call / To train ten thousand English to their side.
      • O, train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note.
      • O doe not goe, this feaſt (I'le gage my life) / Is but a plot to trayne you to your ruine, / Be rul'd, you ſha'not goe.

    19. To be on intimate terms with.

    20. train oil, whale oil

    21. A surname.

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at train. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at train. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at train

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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