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Vinony

train

verb

  1. (intransitive) to practice an activity in order to improve at it
  2. (transitive) to assist someone in practicing an activity in order to improve at it
L1325 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. one or more self-propelled vehicles that move along fixed rails to transport passengers, animals or cargo
  2. trailing portion of dress or skirt
L5228 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

name

Etymology: As an English surname, from the noun train (“hunter's trap, snare”). Also from the Middle English phrase atte trewen (“at the trees”).

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Dutch traan (“tear, drop”), from Middle Dutch trâen, from Old Dutch trān, from Proto-West Germanic *trahnu (“tear”). Compare German Träne (“tear”), Tran (“train oil”).

  1. train oil, whale oil

verb

Etymology: From Middle English trayne (“treachery”), from Anglo-Norman traine, Middle French traïne, from traïr (“to betray”).

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

    “If but a dozen French / Were there in arms, they would be as a call / To train ten thousand English to their side.”

    “O, train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note.”

  2. To be on intimate terms with.