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(verb) exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition; "She is training for the Olympics" |
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Related Words: exercise, work out |
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(verb) undergo training or instruction |
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Synonyms: prepare |
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Related Words: apprentice, drill, learn, read, study, take |
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(verb) prepare for a future task or career; "I am training young minds"; "develop leaders" |
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Synonyms: develop, educate, prepare |
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Related Words: drill, housebreak, instruct, learn, teach, toilet-train |
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(verb) travel by train |
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Related Words: ride |
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(verb) train a plant to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it |
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Related Words: check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate, trellis |
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(noun) a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive; "express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction" |
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Synonyms: railroad train |
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Related Words: boat train, car train, express, express train, freight train, hospital train, mail train, passenger train, public transport, rattler, streamliner, subway train |
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(noun) long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor; "the bride's train was carried by her two young nephews" |
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Related Words: piece of cloth |
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(noun) a series of consequences wrought by an event; "it led to a train of disasters" |
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Related Words: aftermath, consequence |
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(verb) teach and supervise, as in sports or acting |
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Synonyms: coach |
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Related Words: instruct, learn, teach |
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(verb) train by instruction and practice; esp. to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children" |
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Synonyms: check, condition, discipline |
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Related Words: develop, make grow |
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(noun) a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file; "we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels"; "they joined the wagon train for safety" |
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Synonyms: caravan, wagon train |
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Related Words: procession |
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(noun) a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding: "a string of islands"; "train of mourners"; "a train of thought" |
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Synonyms: string |
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Related Words: series |
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(verb) aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; "Please don't aim at your little brother!" "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent" |
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Synonyms: aim, direct, take, take aim |
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Related Words: aim, charge, direct, hold, level, place, point, position, swing, target |
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(verb) prepare for a future role or function; "He is grooming his son to become his successor" |
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Synonyms: groom, prepare |
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Related Words: dispose, educate, qualify |
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(verb) train to be discriminative; as of taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry" |
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Synonyms: civilize, cultivate, educate, school |
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Related Words: down, fine-tune, polish, refine, sophisticate |
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(noun) a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed; "the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain" |
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Synonyms: gearing, gears, geartrain, power train |
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Related Words: epicyclic gear train, epicyclic train, wheelwork |
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