English Dictionary

train

/tɹeɪn/

verb

(intransitive) To practice an ability. / (transitive) To teach and form (someone) by practice; to educate (someone). / (intransitive) To improve one's fitness. / (intransitive) To proceed in sequence.

I need to train harder to improve my skills.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To practice an ability.

She trained seven hours a day to prepare for the Olympics.

意味（2）

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

You can't train a pig to write poetry.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To improve one's fitness.

I trained with weights all winter.

意味（4）

(intransitive) To proceed in sequence.

意味（5）

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

The assassin had trained his gun on the minister.

意味（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.

意味（7）

(transitive, mining) To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head.

意味（8）

(transitive, video games) To create a trainer 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.

意味（9）

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

In hollow cube / Training his devilish enginery.

意味（10）

(intransitive, obsolete, of clothing) To trail down or along the ground.

意味（11）

(transitive, obsolete) 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.