Meaning

32 senses

  1. Elongated or trailing portion.

    The elongated back portion of a dress or skirt (or an ornamental piece of material added to similar effect), which drags along the ground.

    Unfortunately, the leading bridesmaid stepped on the bride's train as they were walking down the aisle.

    Schleppe

    шлейфšlejf, тренtrɛn

    шлейфšlejf, тренtren

  2. A trail or line of something, especially gunpowder.

  3. The tail of a bird.

  4. (poetic)The elongated body or form of something narrow and winding, such as the course of a river or the body of a snake.

  5. A transient trail of glowing ions behind a large meteor as it falls through the atmosphere or accompanying a comet as it nears the sun; tail.

  6. Connected sequence of people or things.

    A group of people following an important figure such as a king or noble; a retinue, a group of retainers.

  7. A group of animals, vehicles, or people that follow one another in a line, such as a wagon train; a caravan or procession.

    Our party formed a train at the funeral parlor before departing for the burial.

    карава́нkaraván, сви́таsvíta, верени́цаvereníca

  8. (figuratively, poetic)A group or class of people.

  9. The men and vehicles following an army, which carry artillery and other equipment for battle or siege.

  10. A sequence of events or ideas which are interconnected; a course or procedure of something.

    Gedankenfolge, Reihe

    череда́čeredá

    a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding

  11. A set of things, events, or circumstances that follow after or as a consequence; aftermath, wake.

  12. A set of interconnected mechanical parts which operate each other in sequence.

    цепо́чкаcepóčka

Examples

4675 sentences

  1. How fast does this train run?

    А цей потяг швидко їде? — aandrusiak

    ruКак быстро едет этот поезд? — naXa

    deWie schnell fährt dieser Zug? — Wolf

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  2. This train is bound for Boston.

    Це потяг на Бостон. — deniko

    ruЭто поезд на Бостон. — Hellerick

    deDieser Zug ist auf dem Weg nach Boston. — Tamy

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  3. The last train has already gone.

    Останній поїзд вже від'їхав. — ChickenKiev

    ruПоследний поезд уже ушел. — afyodor

    deDer letzte Zug ist schon weg. — joha2

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  4. I was late for the train.

    Я запізнився на потяг. — deniko

    ruЯ опоздал на поезд. — ae5s

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  5. I went to Boston by train.

    Я поїхав до Бостона потягом. — deniko

    ruЯ поехал в Бостон на поезде. — odexed

    deIch fuhr mit dem Zug nach Boston. — Rob

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
line of connected cars or carriages:
the elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground:
Русский
By meaning 6
line of connected cars or carriages:
that which is drawn along:
group of animals, vehicles, or people:
series of events or ideas which are interconnected:
set of interconnected mechanical parts:
series of electric pulses:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
line of connected cars or carriages:
the elongated back portion of a dress or skirt which drags along the ground:
series of events or ideas which are interconnected:

Origin

From Middle English trayne (“train”), from Old French train (“a delay, a drawing out”), fr

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.

From Middle English trayne (“treachery”), from Anglo-Norman traine, Middle French traïne, from traïr (“to betray”).

From Dutch traan (“tear, drop”), from Middle Dutch trâen, from Old Dutch trān, from Proto-West Germanic *trahnu (“tear”). Compare German Träne (“tear”), Tran (“train oil”).

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Forms

plural: trains
Singulartrain
Pluraltrains

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive:railroad train
  • a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file:caravanwagon train
  • a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding:string
  • wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed:gearinggeargeartrainpower train

Word family

111 related words
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Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • on the train
  • missed the train
  • the train station
  • train station
  • catch the train
  • the last train
  • the train was
  • go by train
  • off the train
  • the first train
  • last train
  • the same train

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
trailB2trailerB2traineeB2trainerB2traipse
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