Train vs. Trolley

Trainnoun

Elongated portion.

Trolleynoun

A cart or shopping cart.

Trainnoun

The elongated back portion of a dress or skirt (or an ornamental piece of material added to similar effect), which drags along the ground.

‘Unfortunately, the leading bridesmaid stepped on the bride's train as they were walking down the aisle.’;

Trolleynoun

(British) A hand truck.

Trainnoun

A trail or line of something, especially gunpowder.

Trolleynoun

(British) A soapbox car.

Trainnoun

The tail of a bird.

Trolleynoun

(British) A gurney.

Trainnoun

(astronomy) A transient trail of glowing ions behind a large meteor as it falls through the atmosphere.

Trolleynoun

A single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line usually for a tram or streetcar. Usually called a trolley pole.

Trainnoun

An animal's trail or track.

Trolleynoun

(US) A streetcar or a system of streetcars.

Trainnoun

Connected sequence of people or things.

Trolleynoun

A light rail system or a train on such a system.

Trainnoun

A group of people following an important figure, king etc.; a retinue, a group of retainers.

Trolleynoun

A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes.

Trainnoun

A group of animals, vehicles, or people that follow one another in a line, such as a wagon train; a caravan or procession.

‘Our party formed a train at the funeral parlor before departing for the burial.’;

Trolleynoun

A truck which travels along the fixed conductors in an electric railway, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car.

Trainnoun

A sequence of events or ideas which are interconnected; a course or procedure of something.

Trolleyverb

To bring to by trolley.

Trainnoun

(military) The men and vehicles following an army, which carry artillery and other equipment for battle or siege.

Trolleyverb

To use a trolley vehicle to go from one place to another.

Trainnoun

A set of interconnected mechanical parts which operate each other in sequence.

Trolleynoun

A form of truck which can be tilted, for carrying railroad materials, or the like.

Trainnoun

A series of electrical pulses.

Trolleynoun

a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity;

‘`tram' and `tramcar' are British terms’;

Trainnoun

A series of specified vehicles, originally tramcars in a mine, and later especially railway carriages, coupled together.

Trolleynoun

a large metal basket or frame on wheels, used for transporting heavy or large items, such as supermarket purchases or luggage at an airport or railway station.

Trainnoun

A line of connected railway cars or carriages considered overall as a mode of transport; (as uncountable noun) rail travel.

‘The train will pull in at midday.’;

Trolleynoun

a small table on wheels or castors, typically used to convey food and drink.

Trainnoun

A long, heavy sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, etc.

Trolleynoun

a hospital bed on wheels for transporting patients.

Trainnoun

(computing) A software release schedule.

Trolleynoun

a wheel attached to a pole, used for collecting current from an overhead electric wire to drive a tram.

Trainnoun

An act wherein series of men line up and then penetrate a person, especially as a form of gang rape.

Trolleynoun

short for trolleybus or trolley car

Trainnoun

(obsolete) Treachery; deceit.

Trainnoun

(obsolete) A trick or stratagem.

Trainnoun

(obsolete) A trap for animals; a snare.

Trainnoun

(obsolete) A lure; a decoy.

Trainverb

(intransitive) To practice an ability.

‘She trained seven hours a day to prepare for the Olympics.’;

Trainverb

(transitive) To teach and form by practice; to educate; to exercise with discipline.

‘You can't train a pig to write poetry.’;

Trainverb

(intransitive) To improve one's fitness.

‘I trained with weights all winter.’;

Trainverb

To proceed in sequence.

Trainverb

(transitive) To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.

‘The assassin had trained his gun on the minister.’;

Trainverb

To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape, usually by pruning and bending.

‘The vine had been trained over the pergola.’;

Trainverb

(mining) To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head.

Trainverb

To create a trainer for; to apply cheats to (a game).

Trainverb

(obsolete) To draw along; to trail; to drag.

Trainverb

(obsolete) To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.

Trainverb

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

‘In hollow cubeTraining his devilish enginery.’;

Trainverb

To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.

‘If but a dozen FrenchWere there in arms, they would be as a callTo train ten thousand English to their side.’; ‘O, train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note.’; ‘This feast, I'll gage my life,Is but a plot to train you to your ruin.’;

Trainverb

To teach and form by practice; to educate; to exercise; to discipline; as, to train the militia to the manual exercise; to train soldiers to the use of arms.

‘Our trained bands, which are the trustiest and most proper strength of a free nation.’; ‘The warrior horse here bred he's taught to train.’;

Trainverb

To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen.

Trainverb

To lead or direct, and form to a wall or espalier; to form to a proper shape, by bending, lopping, or pruning; as, to train young trees.

‘He trained the young branches to the right hand or to the left.’;

Trainverb

To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head.

‘Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it.’; ‘The first Christians were, by great hardships, trained up for glory.’;

Trainverb

To be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company.

Trainverb

To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race.

Trainnoun

That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement.

Trainnoun

Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare.

‘With cunning trains him to entrap un wares.’;

Trainnoun

That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after, something; that which is in the hinder part or rear.

Trainnoun

That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer.

Trainnoun

A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite.

‘The king's daughter with a lovely train.’; ‘My train are men of choice and rarest parts.’;

Trainnoun

The after part of a gun carriage; the trail.

Trainnoun

A consecution or succession of connected things; a series.

‘The train of ills our love would draw behind it.’; ‘Rivers nowStream and perpetual draw their humid train.’; ‘Other truths require a train of ideas placed in order.’;

Trainnoun

The tail of a bird.

Trainnoun

Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement.

‘If things were once in this train, . . . our duty would take root in our nature.’;

Trainnoun

The number of beats of a watch in any certain time.

Trainnoun

A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine, or the like.

Trainnoun

A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad; - called also railroad train.

Trainnoun

A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.

Trainnoun

A roll train; as, a 12-inch train.

Trainnoun

The aggregation of men, animals, and vehicles which accompany an army or one of its subdivisions, and transport its baggage, ammunition, supplies, and reserve materials of all kinds.

Trainnoun

public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive;

‘express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction’;

Trainnoun

a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding;

‘a string of islands’; ‘train of mourners’; ‘a train of thought’;

Trainnoun

a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file;

‘we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels’; ‘they joined the wagon train for safety’;

Trainnoun

a series of consequences wrought by an event;

‘it led to a train of disasters’;

Trainnoun

piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor;

‘the bride's train was carried by her two young nephews’;

Trainnoun

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’;

Trainverb

create by training and teaching;

‘The old master is training world-class violinists’; ‘we develop the leaders for the future’;

Trainverb

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’;

Trainverb

train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control;

‘Parents must discipline their children’; ‘Is this dog trained?’;

Trainverb

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’;

Trainverb

train to be discriminative in taste or judgment;

‘Cultivate your musical taste’; ‘Train your tastebuds’; ‘She is well schooled in poetry’;

Trainverb

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’;

Trainverb

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’;

Trainverb

exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition;

‘She is training for the Olympics’;

Trainverb

train to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it;

‘train the vine’;

Trainverb

travel by rail or train;

‘They railed from Rome to Venice’; ‘She trained to Hamburg’;

Trainverb

drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground;

‘The toddler was trailing his pants’; ‘She trained her long scarf behind her’;

Trainverb

teach (a person or animal) a particular skill or type of behaviour through sustained practice and instruction

‘the scheme trains people for promotion’; ‘the dogs are trained to sniff out illegal stowaways’;

Trainverb

be taught through sustained practice and instruction

‘he trained as a plumber’;

Trainverb

develop and improve (a mental or physical faculty) through instruction or practice

‘an alert mind and trained eye give astute evaluations’;

Trainverb

cause (a plant) to grow in a particular direction or into a required shape

‘they trained crimson ramblers over their houses’;

Trainverb

undertake a course of exercise and diet in order to reach or maintain peak physical fitness in preparation for a specific sport or event

‘she trains three times a week’;

Trainverb

prepare (a person or animal) for a particular sport or event with a course of exercise and diet

‘the horse was trained in Paris’;

Trainverb

reduce one's weight through diet and exercise in order to be fit for a particular event

‘he trained down to heavyweight’;

Trainverb

point or aim something, typically a gun or camera, at

‘the detective trained his gun on the side door’;

Trainverb

go by train

‘Charles trained to London with Emma’;

Trainverb

entice (someone).

Trainnoun

a series of connected railway carriages or wagons moved by a locomotive or by integral motors

‘a freight train’; ‘the journey took two hours by train’;

Trainnoun

a number of vehicles or pack animals moving in a line

‘a camel train’;

Trainnoun

a retinue of attendants accompanying an important person

‘a minister and his train of attendants’;

Trainnoun

a series of gears or other connected parts in machinery

‘a train of gears’;

Trainnoun

a series of connected events or thoughts

‘I failed to follow his train of thought’; ‘the train of events leading to Pascoe's death’;

Trainnoun

a long piece of material attached to the back of a formal dress or robe that trails along the ground

‘the bride wore a cream silk dress with a train’;

Trainnoun

a trail of gunpowder for firing an explosive charge.

Train

A train is a form of rail transport consisting of a series of connected vehicles that generally run along a railroad (or railway) track to transport passengers or cargo (also known as or ). The word train comes from the Old French trahiner, derived from the Latin trahere meaning 'to pull, to draw'.Motive power for a train is provided by a separate locomotive or individual motors in a self-propelled multiple unit.

‘freight’; ‘goods’;