to train
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5.0
- verb
- /treɪn/
- Specialized
:
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- If you you train it in the right way, it could grow on grains, could grow on logs of wood.
If you you train it in the right way, it could grow on grains, could grow on logs of wood.
- If you you train it in the right way, it could grow on grains, could grow on logs of wood.
Examples
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Our women cultivate our portion of the corn hills while the men hunt and train our boys.
Fiction book (2002) -
You have to learn to train your mind well beyond motivation.
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"Normally a plant can just move an operation and train them over there."
Blog text (6) -
It's never too young to train them up, is it?
Blog text (26) -
I fed this branch through and it's already trying to train itself to grow up there.
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I can plant the trunk, you know, right along the center beam and then train it out either way.
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To stop the slice, train the movement, not muscles.
Blog text (2) -
Of course, the good news is that habits are not innate and we can train ourselves to develop the right ones!
Blog text (24) -
You can feel that frequency and then train yourself to hang in there, you know, while you're doing what you called to do in the world.
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Gardeners often train plants to grow in specific shapes by carefully guiding their branches.
Synonyms
38
1.6
Let something hang so it touches the ground behind you
To tie or guide a climbing plant to grow on a frame
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
10
2.5
A train that carries people who travel regularly between home and work or school in a city
1
1.8
A long line of connected cars that runs on tracks and carries people or goods
- Slang
1
6.0
A fast rise in excitement among many people about a new product or event, often driven online
- Specialized
1
5.1
Connected gears and parts that send power from a vehicle's engine or motor to its wheels
- Specialized
A set of gears where one gear moves around a central gear while spinning to change speed or force
- Specialized
A set of gears where one gear turns around another fixed gear in a gearbox
- Specialized
A fast train that carries goods over long distances between factories and seaports and loads quickly
- Specialized
A train equipped with beds and doctors to carry and treat sick or wounded people
- Archaic
A cheap train that runs only a few times to meet old laws and keep a line open
How Guided
Surface Forms
Etymology
To train plants means to guide their growth along a support or line, which follows the original idea of 'leading' or arranging parts so they grow the way you want.