train
- sense 1: create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"
- train develop prepare educate
- teach learn instruct
- inform
- communicate intercommunicate
- sense 2: 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"
- train prepare
- sense 3: train by instruction and practice; esp. to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?"
- discipline train check condition
- sense 4: prepare (someone) for a future role or function; "He is grooming his son to become his successor"; "The prince was prepared to become King one day"; "They trained him to be a warrior"
- prepare groom train
- educate
- better improve amend ameliorate meliorate
- sense 5: train to be discriminative; as of taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
- educate school train cultivate civilize civilise
- polish refine fine-tune down
- better improve amend ameliorate meliorate
- sense 6: aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent"
- aim take train take_aim direct
- position
- put set place pose position lay
- sense 7: teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports; "He is training our Olympic team"; "She is coaching the crew"
- coach train
- teach learn instruct
- inform
- communicate intercommunicate
- sense 8: exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition; "She is training for the Olympics"
- train
- sense 9: train to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it; "train the vine"
- train
- control hold_in hold contain check curb moderate
- restrain suppress keep keep_back hold_back
- sense 10: travel by rail or train; "They railed from Rome to Venice"; "She trained to Hamburg"
- train rail
- sense 11: drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground; "The toddler was trailing his pants"
- trail train