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Synonyms for train

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for train

something that follows or is drawn along behind

a group of attendants or followers

a number of things placed or occurring one after the other

to impart knowledge and skill to

to subject to or engage in forms of exertion in order to train, strengthen, or condition

to move (a weapon or blow, for example) in the direction of someone or something

to hang or cause to hang down and be pulled along behind

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Synonyms for train

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

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a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file

a series of consequences wrought by an event

piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor

wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed

undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession

develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice

educate for a future role or function

teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards

teach and supervise (someone)

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exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition

cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it

travel by rail or train

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drag loosely along a surface

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References in classic literature ?
Then the train glided from the platform side, plunged with a scream through a succession of black tunnels, and with rapidly increasing speed faced the storm.
They have thirty-five minutes start; and the train travels forty-five miles an hour."
"Miss Wylie," said Erskine, springing up, "he gave me his word that he would not go by that train when I told him Miss Lindsay was going by it.
A faint scorn widened the slit-like mouth, and the whistle of an approaching train seemed oddly to echo the mockery.
The tail of his sentence was drowned in the roar of the train as it went rocking and clanking; but through all the hell of noises to which that unhappy house was periodically subject, they could hear the syllables of Magnus's answer, in all their bell-like distinctness: "I have no reason to feel confidence in Sir Aaron's family."
The narrowest of its narrow sides overhung the steep green bank of a railway, and was shaken by passing trains. Sir Aaron Armstrong, as he boisterously explained, had no nerves.
Merton had sometimes wondered if she had learnt to quail at the crash of the passing trains.
It's a Japanese train! And it set the record as the world's fastest train on Dec.
Rather than introducing and training employees to use a new piece of equipment (as in Cleveland Electric), new manufacturing processes were introduced and employees were trained to use them.
The following is a breakdown of the vocational areas in which these clients have been trained: stock clerk, food services worker, hospital restaurant dishwasher, hospital and laundromat laundry worker, clerical worker, electronics worker, data entry (Avis World Headquarters), animal care (Long Island Science Museum), porter maintenance, horticulture, teacher's aide, recycling work, store clerk, woodworking, and lobby worker (Burger King).
To achieve premier results--expect greatness, train your managers well, train your sales representatives, commit to the time necessary to train effectively, and then recognize your sales team.
We collaboratively designed a spin-off version of the original program and then selected and trained two in-house managers to present the program to the organization's high-potential managers.
If the experienced workers are trained and constantly getting rehired, there is going to be a greater experience level in the mill and a much smoother operation of the mill or converter.
And it follows, she adds, that if training devices are concurrent and have commonality with the supported aircraft, the pilots will want to train with those systems.
The Massachusetts Workforce Training Fund grant will also help train 150 ABM janitors through the Impact Foundation in Quality program, designed to help janitors develop work skills to improve the quality of their work and reduce costs for the organization as a whole.