Word: train Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.? Latin trahere Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre Old French traïnerder. Old French trainder. Middle English trayne English train From Middle English trayne (“train”), from Old French train (“a delay, a drawing out”), from traïner (“to pull out, to draw”), from Vulgar Latin *traginō, from *tragō, from Latin trahō (“to pull, to draw”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ- (“to pull, draw, drag”). The verb was derived from the noun in Middle English. For the meaning to teach compare typologically Russian ната́скивать (natáskivatʹ) (akin to тащи́ть (taščítʹ)). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹeɪn/, [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷeɪ̯n], [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷeɪ̯n], /ˈtɹæɪ̯n/, [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷæ̝ɪ̯n] 1. Elongated or trailing portion. Example: Unfortunately, the leading bridesmaid stepped on the bride's train as they were walking down the aisle. Example: They called each other by their Christian name, were always arm in arm when they walked, pinned up each other's train for the dance, and were not to be divided in the set [...]. 2. Elongated or trailing portion. Example: [E]mancipation is put into such a train that in a few years there will be no slaves Northward of Maryland. Example: A party was sent to search, and there they found all the powder ready prepared, and, moreover, a man with a lantern, one Guy Fawkes, who had undertaken to be the one to set fire to the train of gunpowder, hoping to escape before the explosion. 3. Elongated or trailing portion. Example: Let frantike Talbot triumph for a while, And like a Peacock ſweepe along his tayle, Wee’le pull his Plumes, and take away his Trayne, If Dolphin and the reſt will be but rul’d. Example: The burning evening sun lighted with mellow gold the coats of the fierce little tiger-kittens — orange silk with stripes of black velvet — the broken amethysts and ruined emeralds of the poor bird's train cruelly scattered over the trampled grass 4. Elongated or trailing portion. Labels: obsolete 5. Elongated or trailing portion. Labels: poetic 6. Elongated or trailing portion. Example: Finally, all men saw that astronomical knowledge lied not, and they awaited the comet. Its approach was not, at first, seemingly rapid; nor was its appearance of very unusual character. It was of a dull red, and had little perceptible train. Example: It sometimes happens that the train is directed towards the sun, or makes a certain angle with the line joining the head and the sun; it was then called by the ancient astronomers the beard of the comet. 7. Elongated or trailing portion. Labels: archaic 8. Elongated or trailing portion. Labels: obsolete 9. Elongated or trailing portion. Labels: obsolete 10. Connected sequence of people or things. Example: Sir, I invite your Highness and your train / To my poor cell, where you shall take your rest /For this one night Example: The imperial train arrived on November 22 at Te-chou, a city in western Shantung along the border of Chihli. 11. Connected sequence of people or things. Example: Our party formed a train at the funeral parlor before departing for the burial. 12. Connected sequence of people or things. Labels: figuratively, poetic Example: Theſe are the cruel pirates of Argier, That damned train, the ſcum of Affrica, […] 13. Connected sequence of people or things. 14. Connected sequence of people or things. Example: A man may be absorbed in the deepest thought, and his brow will remain smooth until he encounters some obstacle in his train of reasoning, or is interrupted by some disturbance, and then a frown passes like a shadow over his brow. Example: Failure to acknowledge an A.T.C. warning or excessive speed starts the same train of events until correction is made. 15. Connected sequence of people or things. Example: Thus the development of reason is accompanied by no inner blight or withering. It does not bring in its train loss of faith or weakening of sympathies. 16. Connected sequence of people or things. Labels: obsolete Example: in a fair / better / worse train Example: As we had been in a good train for several days past, I thought it not prudent to break with him, for little matters. 17. Connected sequence of people or things. 18. Connected sequence of people or things. 19. Connected sequence of people or things. 20. Connected sequence of people or things. Example: on a train Example: The train for Edinburgh will leave in 5 minutes. 21. Connected sequence of people or things. Labels: informal 22. Connected sequence of people or things. 23. Connected sequence of people or things. Example: What steps do development engineers follow when adding new feature code? How do they support different software versions or release trains? 24. Connected sequence of people or things. Labels: slang Example: “You want us to run a train on you?” 25. Connected sequence of people or things. Labels: colloquial Example: She doesn't come around any more, cuz she had a kid. She's on the family train now.