train : Idioms & Phrases

• one running at moderate speed and stopping at all or nearly all stations.

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• a number of pieces of ordnance mounted on carriages, with all their furniture, ready for marching.

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• noun a method of psychotherapy that reinforces you for stating negative and positive feelings directly
  

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• noun the course of practice and exercise and diet undertaken by an athlete
  

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• noun training patients in self-induced relaxation
  autogenic therapy; autogenics.
  

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• noun the initial period of training for new military personnel; involves intense physical activity and behavioral discipline
  

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Bat"ter*ing train`

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1. (Mil.) A train of artillery for siege operations.

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• noun a train taking passengers to or from a port
  

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• noun a high-speed passenger train
  bullet.
  

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• noun a train that transports passengers and their automobiles
  

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• noun a passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to another
  commuter.
  

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• (Railroad), a train for transporting men and materials for construction or repairs.

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• noun a system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axis
  epicyclic gear train.
  

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• noun a system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axis
  epicyclic gear train.
  

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• (Mach.), a train of mechanism in which epicyclic motion is involved; esp., a train of spur wheels, bevel wheels, or belt pulleys, in which an arm, carrying one or more of the wheels, sweeps around a center lying in an axis common to the other wheels.

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• (Hort.), the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall radiate from the stem like a fan.

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• noun a center in the Department of that trains law enforcement professionals for more than seventy federal agencies
  FLETC.
  

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• the train of rolls by which a bloom is converted into puddle bars.

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• noun a railroad train consisting of freight cars
  rattler.
  

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• a railroad train made up of freight cars; called in England goods train.

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• a freight train. Eng.

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• noun income obtained with a minimum of effort
  easy money.
  

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• (Hort.), the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall spread out laterally in a horizontal direction.

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• noun a military train built to transport wounded troops to a hospital
  

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• verb train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house
  house-train; housebreak.
  

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• verb train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house
  house-train; housebreak.
  
• adjective satellite (of pets) trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place
  housebroken.
  
  • housebroken pets
  • `house-trained' is chiefly British

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• noun a long-distance express freight train between industrial centers and seaports with facilities for rapid loading and unloading of goods
  freight liner.
  

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• noun a train that carries mail
  

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• a railroad train carrying the mail.

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• noun training soldiers in military procedures
  

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• a railway train containing both passenger and freight cars.

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• a cant name for certain railway trains whose run is in the nighttime.

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• one of the trains which, by act of Parliament, railway companies are required to run for the conveyance of third-class passengers at a reduced rate. Eng.

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• noun a train that carries passengers
  

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• the carriages of the pontoons, and the materials they carry for making a pontoon bridge.

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• adjective satellite (of children) trained to use the toilet
  pot-trained; potty-trained.
  

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• adjective satellite (of children) trained to use the toilet
  pot-trained; potty-trained.
  

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• noun wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
  gearing; geartrain; train; gear.
  
  • the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain

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• noun a training program to prepare you for employment
  

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Que*nouille train"ing

Etymology

F. quenouille distaff.

Definitions

1. (Hort.) A method of training trees or shrubs in the shape of a cone or distaff by tying down the branches and pruning.

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• (Iron & Steel Manuf.), a train of rolls in a rolling mill, for making rails for railroads from blooms or billets.

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• noun public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive
  train.
  
  • express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction

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• noun a training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers
  ROTC.
  

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• (Rolling Mill), a set of plain or grooved rolls for rolling metal into various forms by a series of consecutive operations.

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• artillery adapted for attacking fortified places.

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• noun preseason training during the spring
  

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• noun a train that runs in a subway system
  

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• a train which goes the whole length of a railway, or of a long route.

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• to educate; to teach; to form by instruction or practice; to bring up.

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• (Mil. & Naut.), to point it at some object either forward or else abaft the beam, that is, not directly on the side. Totten.

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• noun training a young child to use the toilet
  

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• verb train (a small child) to use the toilet
  toilet-train.
  

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• verb train (a small child) to use the toilet
  toilet-train.
  
• adjective satellite (of children) trained to use the toilet
  pot-trained; potty-trained.
  

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• noun terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods
  railroad station; railway station; railroad terminal; train depot.
  

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• noun a railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard
  yardmaster; trainmaster.
  

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• noun the fare charged for traveling by train
  

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• (Railroads), a unit employed in estimating running expenses, etc., being one of the total number of miles run by all the trains of a road, or system of roads, as within a given time, or for a given expenditure; called also mile run.

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• any number of cannon, mortars, etc., with the attendants and carriages which follow them into the field. Campbell (Dict. Mil. Sci.).

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• a series of moving pieces, as wheels and pinions, each of which is follower to that which drives it, and driver to that which follows it.

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• noun the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together
  thread.
  
  • I couldn't follow his train of thought
  • he lost the thread of his argument

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• noun a white to brown oil obtained from whale blubber; formerly used as an illuminant
  whale oil.
  

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Train" oil`

Etymology

D. or LG. traan train oil, blubber (cf. Dan. & Sw. tran, G. thran) + E. oil.

Definitions

1. Oil procured from the blubber or fat of whales, by boiling.

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• a slight railway for small cars, used for construction, or in mining.

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• noun a toy consisting of small models of railroad trains and the track for them to run on
  

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• noun terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods
  railroad station; railway station; railroad terminal; train depot.
  

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• (Naut.), a tackle for running guns in and out.

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• noun a ticket good for a ride on a railroad train
  railroad ticket.
  

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• noun someone who has completed the course of study (including hospital practice) at a nurses training school
  graduate nurse.
  

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• noun a worker who has acquired special skills
  skilled workman; skilled worker.
  

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• noun a school providing training for a special field or profession
  

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• noun a program designed for training in specific skills
  

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• noun a school providing practical vocational and technical training
  
• noun correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders
  reformatory; reform school.
  

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• noun a ship used to train students as sailors
  school ship.
  

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• noun planned meals for athletes in training (usually served in a mess hall)
  

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• noun application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation
  transfer; carry-over.
  

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Up"-train`

Definitions

1. A train going in the direction of the metropolis or the main terminus. Eng.
2. A train going in the direction conventionally called up. U.S.

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• (Railroads), a train of passenger cars having the space between the end doors of adjacent cars inclosed, so as to admit of leaving the doors open to provide for intercommunication between all the cars.

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• noun training for a specific vocation in industry or agriculture or trade
  vocational education.
  

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• noun a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file
  caravan; train.
  
  • we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels
  • they joined the wagon train for safety

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• noun a succession of waves spaced at regular intervals
  

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• a train which stops at the intermediate, or way, stations; an accommodation train.

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