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Definition of train 1 in English English dictionary

A train of vehicles, people, or animals is a long line of them travelling slowly in the same direction. a long train of oil tankers

If a process or event is in train or has been set in train, it is happening or starting to happen. He praised the economic reforms set in train by the government

A train of thought or a train of events is a connected sequence, in which each thought or event seems to occur naturally or logically as a result of the previous one. He lost his train of thought for a moment, then recovered it Giles set in motion a train of events which would culminate in tragedy

The train of a woman's formal dress or wedding dress is the long part at the back of it which flows along the floor behind her

A train is a number of carriages, cars, or trucks which are all connected together and which are pulled by an engine along a railway. Trains carry people and goods from one place to another. The train pulled into a station We can catch the early morning train He arrived in Shenyang by train yesterday