Tramp vs. Train

Trampnoun

A homeless person; a vagabond.

Trainnoun

Elongated portion.

Trampnoun

(pejorative) A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut.

‘"I can't believe you'd let yourself be seen with that tramp."’; ‘"Claudia is such a tramp; making out with all those men when she has a boyfriend."’;

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.’;

Trampnoun

Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call.

‘see Wikipedia:tramp steamer’;

Trainnoun

A trail or line of something, especially gunpowder.

Trampnoun

A long walk, possibly of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area.

Trainnoun

The tail of a bird.

Trampnoun

clipping of trampoline, especially a very small one.

Trainnoun

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

Trampnoun

Of objects, stray and intrusive and unwanted

Trainnoun

An animal's trail or track.

Trampverb

To walk with heavy footsteps.

Trainnoun

Connected sequence of people or things.

Trampverb

To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain).

‘We tramped through the woods for hours before we found the main path again.’;

Trainnoun

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

Trampverb

To hitchhike.

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.’;

Trampverb

(transitive) To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

Trainnoun

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

Trampverb

(transitive) To travel or wander through.

‘to tramp the country’;

Trainnoun

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

Trampverb

To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.

Trainnoun

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

Trampverb

To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

Trainnoun

A series of electrical pulses.

Trampverb

To travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country.

Trainnoun

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

Trampverb

To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.

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.’;

Trampverb

To travel; to wander; to stroll.

Trainnoun

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

Trampnoun

A foot journey or excursion; as, to go on a tramp; a long tramp.

Trainnoun

(computing) A software release schedule.

Trampnoun

A foot traveler; a tramper; often used in a bad sense for a vagrant or wandering vagabond.

Trainnoun

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

Trampnoun

The sound of the foot, or of feet, on the earth, as in marching.

Trainnoun

(obsolete) Treachery; deceit.

Trampnoun

A tool for trimming hedges.

Trainnoun

(obsolete) A trick or stratagem.

Trampnoun

A plate of iron worn to protect the sole of the foot, or the shoe, when digging with a spade.

Trainnoun

(obsolete) A trap for animals; a snare.

Trampnoun

a disreputable vagrant;

‘a homeless tramp’; ‘he tried to help the really down-and-out bums’;

Trainnoun

(obsolete) A lure; a decoy.

Trampnoun

a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex

Trainverb

(intransitive) To practice an ability.

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

Trampnoun

a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)

Trainverb

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

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

Trampnoun

a heavy footfall;

‘the tramp of military boots’;

Trainverb

(intransitive) To improve one's fitness.

‘I trained with weights all winter.’;

Trampnoun

a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule

Trainverb

To proceed in sequence.

Trampnoun

a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure

Trainverb

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

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

Trampverb

travel on on foot, especially on a walking expedition;

‘We went tramping about the state of Colorado’;

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.’;

Trampverb

walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud;

‘Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone’;

Trainverb

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

Trampverb

cross on foot;

‘We had to tramp the creeks’;

Trainverb

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

Trampverb

move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment;

‘The gypsies roamed the woods’; ‘roving vagabonds’; ‘the wandering Jew’; ‘The cattle roam across the prairie’; ‘the laborers drift from one town to the next’; ‘They rolled from town to town’;

Trainverb

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

Trampverb

walk heavily or noisily

‘he tramped about the room’;

Trainverb

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

Trampverb

walk over a long distance wearily or reluctantly

‘he had tramped all over the city’;

Trainverb

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

‘In hollow cubeTraining his devilish enginery.’;

Trampverb

walk for long distances in rough country for recreation

‘she regularly tramps the New Zealand wilderness’; ‘it had been ages since I had tramped with a whole pack’;

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.’;

Trampverb

tread or stamp on

‘one of the few wines still tramped by foot’;

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.’;

Trampnoun

a person who travels from place to place on foot in search of work or as a vagrant or beggar.

Trainverb

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

Trampnoun

the sound of heavy steps

‘the tramp of marching feet’;

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.’;

Trampnoun

a long walk, typically a tiring one

‘she was freshly returned from a tramp round Norwich’;

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.’;

Trampnoun

a long-distance recreational walk in rough country

‘this is perhaps the most popular tramp in Canterbury’;

Trainverb

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

Trampnoun

a cargo vessel that carries goods between many different ports rather than sailing a fixed route

‘a tramp steamer’;

Trainverb

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

Trampnoun

a woman who has many casual sexual encounters or relationships.

Trainnoun

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

Trampnoun

a metal plate protecting the sole of a boot used for digging.

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.’;

Trampnoun

the top of the blade of a spade.

Trainnoun

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

Tramp

A tramp is a long-term homeless person who travels from place to place as a vagrant, traditionally walking all year round.

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’;