train
boat train (boat trains)
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A boat train is a train that takes you to or from a port.freight train (freight trains)
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A freight train is a train on which goods are transported.goods train (goods trains)
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A goods train is a train that transports goods and not people. (BRIT; in AM, use freight train)gra|vy train (gravy trains)
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If an organization or person earns a lot of money without doing much work, you can say that they are on the gravy train. (JOURNALISM)
We were disgusted when bosses awarded themselves a massive pay rise. How can they get on the gravy train, but ask us to take a wage freeze?tilt|ing train (tilting trains)
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A tilting train is a type of train that can travel faster than ordinary trains because it tilts when the track curves.train up
[PHRASAL VERB] V n P, V P n (not pron)
If someone trains you up, they teach you new skills or give you the necessary preparation so that you will reach the standard required for a particular job or activity. (BRIT INFORMAL)
The first companies to go in took a policy of employing East Germans and training them up...
He usually preferred to train up a crew of enthusiastic young sailors from scratch.♦♦ train1 /tr'eɪn/ (train trains) NOUN USES
1 [N-COUNT] also by N
A train is a number of carriages, cars, or trucks which are all connected together and which are pulled by an engine along a railway. Trains carry people and goods from one place to another.
The train pulled into a station...
We can catch the early morning train...
He arrived in Shenyang by train yesterday.
2 [N-COUNT] with supp, usu N of n
A train of vehicles, people, or animals is a long line of them travelling slowly in the same direction.
...a long train of oil tankers.
3 [N-COUNT] usu sing, N of n
A train of thought or a train of events is a connected sequence, in which each thought or event seems to occur naturally or logically as a result of the previous one.
He lost his train of thought for a moment, then recovered it...
Giles set in motion a train of events which would culminate in tragedy.
4 [N-COUNT]
The train of a woman's formal dress or wedding dress is the long part at the back of it which flows along the floor behind her.
5 [PHRASE] v-link PHR, PHR after v
If a process or event is in train or has been set in train, it is happening or starting to happen. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use in motion)
He praised the economic reforms set in train by the government.♦♦ train2 /tr'eɪn/ (train trains training trained) VERB USES
1 [VERB] V n to-inf, V to-inf, V as/in n, V n as/in n, V, V-ed
If someone trains you to do something, they teach you the skills that you need in order to do it. If you train to do something, you learn the skills that you need in order to do it.
The US was ready to train its troops to participate...
Stavros was training to be a priest...
Psychiatrists initially train as doctors...
We don't train them only in bricklaying, but also in other building techniques...
Companies tend to favour the lawyer who has trained with a good quality City firm...
I'm a trained nurse...
● -trained [COMB in ADJ]
Mr. Koutab is an American-trained lawyer.
● trainer [N-COUNT]
...a book for both teachers and teacher trainers.
2 [VERB] V n
To train a natural quality or talent that someone has, for example their voice or musical ability, means to help them to develop it.
I see my degree as something which will train my mind and improve my chances of getting a job...
3 [VERB] V for n, V n for n, also V, V n
If you train for a physical activity such as a race or if someone trains you for it, you prepare for it by doing particular physical exercises.
Strachan is training for the new season...
He has spent a year training crews for next month's round the world race.
● trainer [N-COUNT]
She went to the gym with her trainer.
4 [VERB] be V-ed to-inf, V n, also V n to-inf
If an animal or bird is trained to do particular things, it is taught to do them, for example in order to be able to work for someone or to be a good pet.
Sniffer dogs could be trained to track them down.
...a man who trained hundreds of dogs...
● trainer [N-COUNT]
The horse made a winning start for his new trainer.
5 [VERB] V n on n
If you train something such as a gun, a camera, or a light on a person or thing, you aim it at them and keep it towards them.
She trained her binoculars on the horizon...
6 [VERB] V n prep, V n to-inf
If you train a tree, bush, or plant in a particular direction, you tie it and cut it so that it grows in that direction.
Instead of training the shoots up the fence, lay them flat in both directions alongside it...
You could even put a trellis on your walls and train plants to grow up it.
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see also training
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A boat train is a train that takes you to or from a port.freight train (freight trains)
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A freight train is a train on which goods are transported.goods train (goods trains)
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A goods train is a train that transports goods and not people. (BRIT; in AM, use freight train)gra|vy train (gravy trains)
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If an organization or person earns a lot of money without doing much work, you can say that they are on the gravy train. (JOURNALISM)
We were disgusted when bosses awarded themselves a massive pay rise. How can they get on the gravy train, but ask us to take a wage freeze?tilt|ing train (tilting trains)
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A tilting train is a type of train that can travel faster than ordinary trains because it tilts when the track curves.train up
[PHRASAL VERB] V n P, V P n (not pron)
If someone trains you up, they teach you new skills or give you the necessary preparation so that you will reach the standard required for a particular job or activity. (BRIT INFORMAL)
The first companies to go in took a policy of employing East Germans and training them up...
He usually preferred to train up a crew of enthusiastic young sailors from scratch.♦♦ train1 /tr'eɪn/ (train trains) NOUN USES
1 [N-COUNT] also by N
A train is a number of carriages, cars, or trucks which are all connected together and which are pulled by an engine along a railway. Trains carry people and goods from one place to another.
The train pulled into a station...
We can catch the early morning train...
He arrived in Shenyang by train yesterday.
2 [N-COUNT] with supp, usu N of n
A train of vehicles, people, or animals is a long line of them travelling slowly in the same direction.
...a long train of oil tankers.
3 [N-COUNT] usu sing, N of n
A train of thought or a train of events is a connected sequence, in which each thought or event seems to occur naturally or logically as a result of the previous one.
He lost his train of thought for a moment, then recovered it...
Giles set in motion a train of events which would culminate in tragedy.
4 [N-COUNT]
The train of a woman's formal dress or wedding dress is the long part at the back of it which flows along the floor behind her.
5 [PHRASE] v-link PHR, PHR after v
If a process or event is in train or has been set in train, it is happening or starting to happen. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use in motion)
He praised the economic reforms set in train by the government.♦♦ train2 /tr'eɪn/ (train trains training trained) VERB USES
1 [VERB] V n to-inf, V to-inf, V as/in n, V n as/in n, V, V-ed
If someone trains you to do something, they teach you the skills that you need in order to do it. If you train to do something, you learn the skills that you need in order to do it.
The US was ready to train its troops to participate...
Stavros was training to be a priest...
Psychiatrists initially train as doctors...
We don't train them only in bricklaying, but also in other building techniques...
Companies tend to favour the lawyer who has trained with a good quality City firm...
I'm a trained nurse...
● -trained [COMB in ADJ]
Mr. Koutab is an American-trained lawyer.
● trainer [N-COUNT]
...a book for both teachers and teacher trainers.
2 [VERB] V n
To train a natural quality or talent that someone has, for example their voice or musical ability, means to help them to develop it.
I see my degree as something which will train my mind and improve my chances of getting a job...
3 [VERB] V for n, V n for n, also V, V n
If you train for a physical activity such as a race or if someone trains you for it, you prepare for it by doing particular physical exercises.
Strachan is training for the new season...
He has spent a year training crews for next month's round the world race.
● trainer [N-COUNT]
She went to the gym with her trainer.
4 [VERB] be V-ed to-inf, V n, also V n to-inf
If an animal or bird is trained to do particular things, it is taught to do them, for example in order to be able to work for someone or to be a good pet.
Sniffer dogs could be trained to track them down.
...a man who trained hundreds of dogs...
● trainer [N-COUNT]
The horse made a winning start for his new trainer.
5 [VERB] V n on n
If you train something such as a gun, a camera, or a light on a person or thing, you aim it at them and keep it towards them.
She trained her binoculars on the horizon...
6 [VERB] V n prep, V n to-inf
If you train a tree, bush, or plant in a particular direction, you tie it and cut it so that it grows in that direction.
Instead of training the shoots up the fence, lay them flat in both directions alongside it...
You could even put a trellis on your walls and train plants to grow up it.
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see also training