train
part of speech
noun, verb (train, trains, trained, training)
meaning for a pupil
1) A train is a line of railway carriages or wagons pulled by an engine along tracks. tree →
2) To train means to practise to get better at something, like a sport. tree →
3) To train a person or animal is to teach them a skill: train a dog to sit. tree →
4) A train of thought is a line of ideas. tree →
5) The train of a long dress is the part that trails on the floor. tree →
6) A train can also be the long trailing tail of an animal or bird. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means trained, meaning men skilled and taught for fighting. The prophets also use it for teaching, as God training the arms of Israel, and for the long trailing part of a robe. Interpretation: Hosea is read as showing God's care for his people, who still turned against him. The stripped train in Isaiah is read as the shame of Babylon, made a servant. In the primary lessons: Maths: a vehicle with cars, passengers, speed and times; seats per car and speed are rates (multiply); people getting on add, off take away; timetables; «trains for 2 hours a day» is time per day. Sport: training sessions, a trainer. Everyday: catch the train, miss the train, train station. Safety: stand behind the line on the platform.
examples
- And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan. (Torah GEN.14.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- Though I have trained and strengthened their arms, yet do they devise evil against Me. (Prophets HOS.7.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers. (Prophets ISA.47.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- What wilt thou say, when He shall set the friends over thee as head, whom thou thyself hast trained against thee? (Prophets JER.13.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- A train has 8 cars with 40 seats each. tree →
- The train travels 60 miles an hour. tree →
- 25 people got off the train. tree →
- She trains for 2 hours every day. tree →
- We caught the early train to the city. tree →
- The puppy is being trained to sit and stay. tree →
- The football team trains on Tuesday evenings. tree →
- Mind the gap between the train and the platform. tree →
- What a long train he has! tree →
note
Countable noun; regular verb. Seats per car and speed are rates (multiply). People getting on add, off take away. «Trains for 2 hours a day» is time per day. Trap: a «trainer» is a coach, or (UK) a sports shoe.
In the corpora
- Who traineth my hands for war, so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
- What wilt thou say, when He shall set the friends over thee as head, whom thou thyself hast trained against thee?
- Though I have trained and strengthened their arms, yet do they devise evil against Me.
- Who traineth my hands for war, so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
- She shall be led unto the king on richly woven stuff; the virgins her companions in her train being brought unto thee.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «train» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.