TRAIN
What does "TRAIN" mean?
A connected line of railway carriages, or the act of teaching a skill through practice.
Meanings
- A series of connected railway cars pulled by a locomotive. We caught the last train back to the city.
- To teach a skill or behavior through instruction and repeated practice. She trains rescue dogs for mountain work.
- To prepare oneself physically for a sport or feat through exercise. He trained for two years before the marathon.
- A long trailing part of a gown or robe. Pageboys carried the bride's train down the aisle.
Did you know?
- A railway 'train' and a wedding gown's 'train' are the same word: both come from the sense of something dragged along behind - the railway just dragged carriages instead of cloth.
Word origin
From Old French 'train', 'a dragging or trailing', from 'trainer', 'to pull or drag', from Vulgar Latin 'traginare', related to Latin 'trahere', 'to draw'.
Remember it
All senses of TRAIN trail behind: a gown's train drags, a railway train pulls a line of cars, and to train is to draw a skill along through practice.
A little poem
The same word drags a wedding gown
and hauls ten thousand tons of coal-
and teaches the slow hand to settle down.
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Wordplay
- I asked the conductor how he stays so calm. He said years of practice - you really have to train for it.
What it teaches
Whatever you repeat, you train; your habits are pulling a long line of tomorrows behind them.
Quick facts
What does TRAIN mean?
A connected line of railway carriages, or the act of teaching a skill through practice.
Is TRAIN a valid word?
Yes — TRAIN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TRAIN?
TRAIN has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does TRAIN come from?
From Old French 'train', 'a dragging or trailing', from 'trainer', 'to pull or drag', from Vulgar Latin 'traginare', related to Latin 'trahere', 'to draw'.
What can TRAIN teach us?
Whatever you repeat, you train; your habits are pulling a long line of tomorrows behind them.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.