train

noun
/ˈtɹeɪn/

Elongated or trailing portion.

Other meanings

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

Synonyms

railroad train

A kind of

public transport

Kinds of train

boat train
car train
freight train
mail train
passenger train

Example sentences

“I saw a train pull into the station.”
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“They spotted the train in the distance.”
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“Do you like trains?”
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Word history

From Latin "trahō" (to pull, to draw).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “train” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.