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Definition of train 2 in English English dictionary
- If you train for a physical activity such as a race or if someone trains you for it, you prepare for it by doing particular physical exercises. Strachan is training for the new season He has spent a year training crews for next month's round the world race. + trainer train·er She went to the gym with her trainer
- If you train a tree, bush, or plant in a particular direction, you tie it and cut it so that it grows in that direction. Instead of training the shoots up the fence, lay them flat in both directions alongside it You could even put a trellis on your walls and train plants to grow up it. see also training
- To train a natural quality or talent that someone has, for example their voice or musical ability, means to help them to develop it. I see my degree as something which will train my mind and improve my chances of getting a job
- If someone trains you to do something, they teach you the skills that you need in order to do it. If you train to do something, you learn the skills that you need in order to do it. The US was ready to train its troops to participate Stavros was training to be a priest Psychiatrists initially train as doctors We don't train them only in bricklaying, but also in other building techniques Companies tend to favour the lawyer who has trained with a good quality City firm I'm a trained nurse + -trained -trained Mr. Koutab is an American-trained lawyer. + trainer trainers train·er a book for both teachers and teacher trainers
- If you train something such as a gun, a camera, or a light on a person or thing, you aim it at them and keep it towards them. She trained her binoculars on the horizon
- If an animal or bird is trained to do particular things, it is taught to do them, for example in order to be able to work for someone or to be a good pet. Sniffer dogs could be trained to track them down. a man who trained hundreds of dogs + trainer train·er The horse made a winning start for his new trainer