train

[ treyn ]
/ treɪn /

noun

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

Origin of train

1350–1400; (v.) late Middle English traynyn to pull or drag in the rear < Middle French trainer, Old French tra(h)iner < Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre, derivative of *tragīna something dragged or drawn (compare Medieval Latin tragīna carriage), derivative of *tragere to pull, for Latin trahere; (noun) Middle English train, traine < Old French tra(h)in (masculine) series of people, animals, or things, tra(h)ine (feminine) something dragged behind, both derivative of tra(h)iner

SYNONYMS FOR train

synonym study for train

18, 19. See teach.

OTHER WORDS FROM train

British Dictionary definitions for pretrain

train
/ (treɪn) /

verb

noun

Derived forms of train

trainable, adjective trainless, adjective

Word Origin for train

C14: from Old French trahiner, from Vulgar Latin tragīnāre (unattested) to draw; related to Latin trahere to drag

Idioms and Phrases with pretrain

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