train
/ˈtɹeɪn/
Connected sequence of people or things.; A series of specified vehicles coupled together; A mechanical vehicle carrying a large number of passengers and freight along a designated track or path; a line of connected wagons considered overall as a mode of transport
- plural
- trains
Meanings
- 1
Connected sequence of people or things.; A series of specified vehicles (originally tramcars in a mine as usual, later especially railway carriages) coupled together
We should go by train.
Tatoeba · DJ_Saidez · CC BY 2.0 FR
Not all trains stop here.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
Connected sequence of people or things.; A mechanical (originally steam-powered, now typically diesel or electrical) vehicle carrying a large number of passengers and freight along a designated track or path; a line of connected wagons considered overall as a mode of transport; (as uncountable noun) rail or road travel
- 3
Connected sequence of people or things.; A sequence of events or ideas which are interconnected; a course or procedure of something
- 4
Connected sequence of people or things.; A service on a railway line
- 5
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 groundrare
- 6
Elongated or trailing portion.; A trail or line of something, especially gunpowderrare
- 7
Elongated or trailing portion.; The tail of a bird