'Training' definitions:
Definition of 'training'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Training'
From: GCIDE
- Train \Train\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trained; p. pr. & vb. n. Training.] [OF. trahiner, tra["i]ner,F. tra[^i]ner, LL. trahinare, trainare, fr. L. trahere to draw. See Trail.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To draw along; to trail; to drag. [1913 Webster]
- In hollow cube Training his devilish enginery. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- If but a dozen French Were there in arms, they would be as a call To train ten thousand English to their side. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- O, train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- This feast, I'll gage my life, Is but a plot to train you to your ruin. --Ford. [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Our trained bands, which are the trustiest and most proper strength of a free nation. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The warrior horse here bred he's taught to train. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Hort.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- He trained the young branches to the right hand or to the left. --Jeffrey. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Mining) To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head. [1913 Webster]
- To train a gun (Mil. & Naut.), to point it at some object either forward or else abaft the beam, that is, not directly on the side. --Totten.
- To train, or To train up, to educate; to teach; to form by instruction or practice; to bring up. [1913 Webster]
- Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it. --Prov. xxii. 6. [1913 Webster]
- The first Christians were, by great hardships, trained up for glory. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Training'
From: GCIDE
- Training \Train"ing\, n. The act of one who trains; the act or process of exercising, disciplining, etc.; education. [1913 Webster]
- Fan training (Hort.), the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall radiate from the stem like a fan.
- Horizontal training (Hort.), the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall spread out laterally in a horizontal direction.
- Training college. See Normal school, under Normal, a.
- Training day, a day on which a military company assembles for drill or parade. [U. S.]
- Training ship, a vessel on board of which boys are trained as sailors. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: See Education. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'training'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acclimation,
- acclimatization,
- accommodation,
- accustoming,
- adaption,
- adjustment,
- apprenticeship,
- arrangement,
- basic training,
- breaking,
- breaking-in,
- breeding,
- briefing,
- case hardening,
- clearing the decks,
- conditioning,
- cultivation,
- development,
- discipline,
- domestication,
- drill,
- drilling,
- equipment,
- exercise,
- familiarization,
- fetching-up,
- fixing,
- fostering,
- foundation,
- grooming,
- groundwork,
- habituation,
- hardening,
- housebreaking,
- improvement,
- in-service training,
- instruction,
- inurement,
- makeready,
- making ready,
- manual training,
- manufacture,
- military training,
- mobilization,
- naturalization,
- nurture,
- nurturing,
- on-the-job training,
- orientation,
- planning,
- practice,
- prearrangement,
- preliminaries,
- preliminary,
- preliminary act,
- preliminary step,
- prep,
- preparation,
- preparatory study,
- preparing,
- prepping,
- prerequisite,
- pretreatment,
- processing,
- propaedeutic,
- provision,
- raising,
- readying,
- rearing,
- rehearsal,
- schooling,
- seasoning,
- sloyd,
- spadework,
- taming,
- teaching,
- treatment,
- trial,
- tryout,
- tuition,
- tutelage,
- upbringing,
- vocational education,
- vocational training,
- warm-up
Words containing 'Training'
- Through train,
- To train,
- To train up,
- Train,
- Trained,
- Battering train,
- Construction train,
- Corridor train,
- Epicyclic train,
- Express train,
- Fan training,
- Forge train,
- Freight train,
- Goods train,
- Horizontal training,
- Mail train,
- Mixed train,
- Pack train,
- Parliamentary train,
- Pontoon train,
- Quenouille training,
- Rail train,
- Roll train,
- Siege train,
- To train a gun,
- Train dispatcher,
- Train mile,
- Train of artillery,
- Train of mechanism,
- Train of rolls,
- Train oil,
- Train road,
- Train tackle,
- Training college,
- Training day,
- Training ship,
- Training wheels,
- Up-train,
- Vestibule train,
- Vestibuled train,
- Way train,
- assertiveness training,
- athletic training,
- autogenic training,
- basic training,
- boat train,
- bullet train,
- car train,
- commuter train,
- connecting train,
- gravy train,
- hospital train,
- liner train,
- military training,
- passenger train,
- power train,
- railroad train,
- road train,
- sensitivity training,
- spring training,
- subway train,
- toilet training,
- train depot,
- train fare,
- train of thought,
- train set,
- train station,
- train ticket,
- trained nurse,
- trained worker,
- training program,
- training school,
- training table,
- transfer of training,
- vocational training,
- wagon train,
- wave train,
- epicyclic gear train,
- house-train,
- house-trained,
- pot-trained,
- potty-trained,
- preemployment training program,
- toilet-train,
- toilet-trained,
- reserve officers training corps,
- federal law enforcement training center