noun
train
TRAYN/treɪn/
A connected succession of vehicles following a route.
The train carries passengers through the valley every morning.
Etymology
Pulling or drawing underlies the older senses of a trailing garment and a following procession. The railroad sense makes that image concrete in a succession of connected cars drawn along together.
In context
the criminals opened fire causing some of the cars to overturn the train engineer died on the spot crushed by
More examples
- We board the train at the downtown station.
- A freight train hauls grain across the state.
- Two trains wait on neighboring tracks.
Forms
train · trains
trainload noun — An amount carried by one train.