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