train

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A train (1)

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French train (“a delay", "a drawing out”), from trainer (“to pull out", "to draw”), from Vulgar Latin *tragināre, from *tragere, from Latin trahere (“to pull", "to draw”). The verb was derived from the noun in Middle English.

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  • IPA: /tʰɹeɪn/, /tʃɹeɪn
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  • Rhymes: -eɪn

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train (plural trains)

  1. A line of connected cars or carriages pushed or pulled by one or more locomotives, especially a railroad train which travels on a set of tracks.
    We rode the train to Mumbai.
  2. A group of animals, vehicles, or people that follow one another in a line, such as a wagon train; a caravan or procession.
    Our party formed a train at the funeral parlor before departing for the burial.
  3. (military) The men and vehicles following an army, which carry artillery and other equipment for battle or siege.
  4. A sequence of events or ideas which are interconnected; a train of events or a train of thought.
  5. A series of electrical pulses.
  6. A set of interconnected mechanical parts like the drive train of a car.
  7. That which is drawn along, like the part of a gown which trails behind the wearer.
    The train of her bridal gown caught on a nail.
  8. (sex) an act wherein series of men line up and then penetrate a woman or bottom, often also a gang rape but may also be consensual (especially a tagteaming)
    • 1988, X Motion Picture and Center for New Art Activities (New York, N.Y.), Bomb: Issues 26-29, link
      Then Swooney agreed, "Yeah, let's run a train up the fat cunt."
    • 2005, Violet Blue, Best Women's Erotica 2006: Volume 2001, link
      “You want us to run a train on you?”
    • 2010, Diesel King, A Good Time in the Hood, page 12
      We eventually began to decide that with the endless supply of men we had there was no need to only run trains, or gangbang, the insatiables.

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line of connected cars or carriages
group of animals, vehicles, or people
series of events or ideas which are interconnected
series of electric pulses
set of interconnected mechanical parts
that which is drawn along
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[edit] Verb

train (third-person singular simple present trains, present participle training, simple past and past participle trained)

  1. (intransitive) To practice an ability.
    She trained seven hours a day to prepare for the Olympics.
  2. (transitive) To teach a task.
    You can't train a pig to write poetry.
  3. (intransitive) To improve one's fitness.
    I trained with weights all winter.
  4. To proceed in sequence.
  5. (transitive) To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.
    The assassin had trained his gun on the minister.
  6. (transitive, horticulture) 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.
  7. (transitive, video games) To create a trainer for; to apply cheats to (a game).
    • 2000, "Sensei David O.E. Mohr - Lord Ronin from Q-Link", WTB:"The Last V-8" C128 game -name correction (on newsgroup comp.sys.cbm)
      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.

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terms derived from train (verb)

[edit] Translations

to practice an ability
to teach a task
to improve one's fitness
to proceed in sequence
to move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction
to encourage to grow in a particular direction
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[edit] Verb

train

  1. first-person singular present indicative of trainen.
  2. imperative of trainen.

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[edit] Etymology

From trainer, from Vulgar Latin *traginare.

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[edit] Noun

train m. (plural trains)

  1. a railroad train
  2. pace

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