Public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive:
— Express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction.

synoniem: railroad train.

Roget 214: pendency^†, dependency; suspension, hanging etc. v.; pedicel, pedicle, peduncle; tail, train, flap, skirt, pigtail, pony tail, pendulum; hangnail peg, knob, button, hook, nail, stud, ring, staple, tenterhook; fastening etc. 45; spar, horse.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 65: sequel, suffix, successor; tail, queue, train, wake, trail, rear; retinue, suite; appendix, postscript; epilogue; peroration; codicil; continuation, sequela^†; appendage; tail piece [Fr.], heelpiece^†; tag, more last words; colophon.    aftercome^†, aftergrowth^†, afterpart^†, afterpiece^†, aftercourse^†, afterthought, aftergame^†; arriere pensee [Fr.], second thoughts; outgrowth.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 235: rear, back, posteriority; rear rank, rear guard; background, hinterland.    occiput [Anat.], nape, chine; heels; tail, rump, croup, buttock, posteriors, backside scut^†, breech, dorsum, loin; dorsal region, lumbar region; hind quarters; aitchbone^†; natch, natch bone.    stern, poop, afterpart^†, heelpiece^†, crupper.    wake; train etc. (sequence) 281.    reverse; other side of the shield.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 281: sequence; coming after etc. (order) 63; (time) 117; following pursuit etc. 622.    follower, attendant, satellite, shadow, dangler, train.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: karavaan, konvooi, trein
Pools: pociąg, kolej

A sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding:
— Train of mourners.
— A train of thought.

synoniem: string.

Nederlands: karavaan, ris, rist, rits, serie, slier, sliert, trits

A procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file:
— They joined the wagon train for safety.

synoniemen: caravan, wagon train.

Roget 272: vehicle, conveyance, carriage, caravan, van; common carrier; wagon, waggon^†, wain, dray, cart, lorry.    truck, tram; cariole, carriole^†; limber, tumbrel, pontoon; barrow; wheel barrow, hand barrow; perambulator; Bath chair, wheel chair, sedan chair; chaise; palankeen^†, palanquin; litter, brancard^†, crate, hurdle, stretcher, ambulance; black Maria; conestoga wagon, conestoga wain; jinrikisha, ricksha, brett^†, dearborn [U.S.], dump cart, hack, hackery^†, jigger, kittereen^†, mailstate^†, manomotor^†, rig, rockaway^†, prairie schooner [U.S.], shay, sloven, team, tonga^†, wheel; hobbyhorse, go-cart; cycle; bicycle, bike, two-wheeler; tricycle, velocipede, quadricycle^†.    equipage, turn-out; coach, chariot, phaeton, break, mail phaeton, wagonette, drag, curricle^†, tilbury^†, whisky, landau, barouche, victoria, brougham, clarence^†, calash, caleche [Fr.], britzka^†, araba^†, kibitka^†; berlin; sulky, desobligeant [Fr.], sociable, vis-a-vis, dormeuse [Fr.]; jaunting car, outside car; dandi^†; doolie^†, dooly^†; munchil^†, palki^†; roller skates, skate; runabout; ski; tonjon^†; vettura^†.    post chaise, diligence, stage; stage coach, mail coach, hackney coach, glass coach; stage wagon, car, omnibus, fly, cabriolet^†, cab, hansom, shofle^†, four-wheeler, growler, droshki^†, drosky^†.    dogcart, trap, whitechapel, buggy, four-in-hand, unicorn, random, tandem; shandredhan^†, char-a-bancs [Fr.].    motor car, automobile, limousine, car, auto, jalopy, clunker, lemon, flivver, coupe, sedan, two-door sedan, four-door sedan, luxury sedan; wheels [Coll.], sports car, roadster, gran turismo [It], jeep, four-wheel drive vehicle, electric car, steamer; golf cart, electric wagon; taxicab, cab, taxicoach^†, checker cab, yellow cab; station wagon, family car; motorcycle, motor bike, side car; van, minivan, bus, minibus, microbus; truck, wagon, pick-up wagon, pick-up, tractor-trailer, road train, articulated vehicle; racing car, racer, hot rod, stock car, souped-up car.    bob, bobsled, bobsleigh^†; cutter; double ripper, double runner [U.S.]; jumper, sled, sledge, sleigh, toboggan.    train; accommodation train, passenger train, express trail, special train, corridor train, parliamentary train, luggage train, freight train, goods train; 1st class train, 2nd class train, 3rd class train, 1st class carriage, 2nd class carriage, 3rd class carriage, 1st class compartment, 2nd class compartment, 3rd class compartment; rolling stock; horse box, cattle truck; baggage car, express car, freight car, parlor car, dining car, Pullman car, sleeping car, sleeper, dome car; surface car, tram car, trolley car; box car, box wagon; horse car [U.S.]; bullet train, shinkansen [Jap.], cannonball, the Wabash cannonball, lightning express; luggage van; mail, mail car, mail van.    shovel, spool, spatula, ladle, hod, hoe; spade, spaddle^†, loy^†; spud; pitchfork; post hole digger.    [powered construction vehicles] tractor, steamshovel, backhoe, fork lift, earth mover, dump truck, bulldozer, grader, caterpillar, trench digger, steamroller; pile driver; crane, wrecking crane.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 266: travel; traveling etc. v.. wayfaring, campaigning.    journey, excursion, expedition, tour, trip, grand tour, circuit, peregrination, discursion^†, ramble, pilgrimage, hajj, trek, course, ambulation^†, march, walk, promenade, constitutional, stroll, saunter, tramp, jog trot, turn, stalk, perambulation; noctambulation^†, noctambulism; somnambulism; outing, ride, drive, airing, jaunt.    equitation, horsemanship, riding, manege [Fr.], ride and tie; basophobia^†.    roving, vagrancy, pererration^†; marching and countermarching; nomadism; vagabondism, vagabondage; hoboism [U.S.]; gadding; flit, flitting, migration; emigration, immigration, demigration^†, intermigration^†; wanderlust.    plan, itinerary, guide; handbook, guidebook, road book; Baedeker^†, Bradshaw, Murray; map, road map, transportation guide, subway map.    procession, cavalcade, caravan, file, cortege, column.    [Organs and instruments of locomotion] vehicle etc. 272; automobile, train, bus, airplane, plane, autobus, omnibus, subway, motorbike, dirt bike, off-road vehicle, van, minivan, motor scooter, trolley, locomotive; legs, feet, pegs, pins, trotters.    traveler etc. 268.    depot [U.S.], railway station, station.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: karavaan, caravan
Pools: kawalkada, karawana

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.

Nederlands: sleep

Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed:
— The fool got his tie caught in the geartrain.

synoniemen: gear, gearing, geartrain, power train.

Nederlands: trein, derailleur

Create by training and teaching:
— The old master is training world-class violinists.

synoniemen: develop, educate, prepare.

Roget 673: prepare; get ready, make ready; make preparations, settle preliminaries, get up, sound the note of preparation.    set in order, put in order etc. (arrange) 60; forecast etc. (plan) 626; prepare the ground, plow the ground, dress the ground; till the soil, cultivate the soil; predispose, sow the seed, lay a train, dig a mine; lay the groundwork, fix the groundwork, lay the basis, fix the basis, lay the foundations, fix the foundations; dig the foundations, erect the scaffolding; lay the first stone etc. (begin) 66.    roughhew; cut out work; block out, hammer out; lick into shape etc. (form) 240.    elaborate, mature, ripen, mellow, season, bring to maturity; nurture etc. (aid) 707; hatch, cook, brew; temper, anneal, smelt; barbecue; infumate^†; maturate.    equip, arm, man; fit-out, fit up; furnish, rig, dress, garnish, betrim^†, accouter, array, fettle, fledge; dress up, furbish up, brush up, vamp up; refurbish; sharpen one's tools, trim one's foils, set, prime, attune; whet the knife, whet the sword; wind up, screw up; adjust etc. (fit) 27; put in trim, put in train, put in gear, put in working order, put in tune, put in a groove for, put in harness; pack.    train etc. (teach) 537; inure etc. (habituate) 613; breed; prepare for &c.; rehearse; make provision for; take steps, take measures, take precautions; provide, provide against; beat up for recruits; open the door to etc. (facilitate) 705.    set one's house in order, make all snug; clear the decks, clear for action; close one's ranks; shuffle the cards.    prepare oneself; serve an apprenticeship etc. (learn) 539; lay oneself out for, get into harness, gird up one's loins, buckle on one's armor, reculer pour mieux sauter [Fr.], prime and load, shoulder arms, get the steam up, put the horses to.    guard against, make sure against; forearm, make sure, prepare for the evil day, have a rod in pickle, provide against a rainy day, feather one's nest; lay in provisions etc. 637; make investments; keep on foot.    be prepared, be ready etc. adj.; hold oneself in readiness, keep one's powder dry; lie in wait for etc. (expect) 507; anticipate etc. (foresee) 510; principiis obstare [Lat.]; veniente occurrere morbo [Lat.].    ... meer laten zien

Roget 613: be wont etc. adj.. fall into a rut, fall into a custom etc. (conform to) 82; tread the beaten track, follow the beaten track, tread the beaten path, follow the beaten; stare super antiquas vias [Lat.]; move in a rut, run on in a groove, go round like a horse in a mill, go on in the old jog trot way.    habituate, inure, harden, season, caseharden; accustom, familiarize; naturalize, acclimatize; keep one's hand in; train etc. (educate) 537.    get into the way, get into the knack of; learn etc. 539; cling to, adhere to; repeat etc. 104; acquire a habit, contract a habit, fall into a habit, acquire a trick, contract a trick, fall into a trick; addict oneself to, take to, get into.    be habitual etc. adj.; prevail; come into use, become a habit, take root; gain upon one, grow upon one.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 370: tame, domesticate, acclimatize, breed, tend, break in, train; cage, bridle, etc. (restrain) 751.   

Roget 537: teach, instruct, educate, edify, school, tutor; cram, prime, coach; enlighten etc. (inform) 527.    inculcate, indoctrinate, inoculate, infuse, instill, infix, ingraft^†, infiltrate; imbue, impregnate, implant; graft, sow the seeds of, disseminate.    given an idea of; put up to, put in the way of; set right.    sharpen the wits, enlarge the mind; give new ideas, open the eyes, bring forward, teach the young idea how to shoot" [Thomson]; improve etc. 658.    expound etc. (interpret) 522; lecture; read a lesson, give a lesson, give a lecture, give a sermon, give a discourse; incept^†; hold forth, preach; sermonize, moralize; point a moral.    train, discipline; bring up, bring up to; form, ground, prepare, qualify; drill, exercise, practice, habituate, familiarize with, nurture, drynurse^†, breed, rear, take in hand; break, break in; tame; preinstruct^†; initiate; inure etc. (habituate) 613.    put to nurse, send to school.    direct, guide; direct attention to etc. (attention) 457; impress upon the mind, impress upon the memory; beat into, beat into the head; convince etc. (belief) 484.    [instructional materials] book, workbook, exercise book.    [unnecessary teaching] preach to the wise, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, teach granny to suck eggs; preach to the converted.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: opleiden, scholen

Undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession:
— She is training to be a teacher.
— He trained as a legal aid.

synoniem: prepare.

Develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control:
— Is this dog trained?.

synoniemen: check, condition, discipline.

Nederlands: discipline, disciplineren, oefenen, orde, trainen, tucht, zelfbeheersing

Educate for a future role or function:
— They trained him to be a warrior.

synoniemen: groom, prepare.

Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment:
— Train your tastebuds.

synoniemen: civilise, civilize, cultivate, educate, school.

Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards:
— He trained his gun on the burglar.
— Don't train your camera on the women.

synoniemen: aim, direct, take, take aim.

Nederlands: mikken, aanleggen

Teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports:
— He is training our Olympic team.

synoniem: coach.

Nederlands: opleiden, scholen

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:
— She trained to Hamburg.

synoniem: rail.

Drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground:
— She trained her long scarf behind her.

synoniem: trail.

Roget 285: draw, pull, haul, lug, rake, drag, tug, tow, trail, train; take in tow.    wrench, jerk, twitch, touse^†; yank [U.S.].    ... meer laten zien