trains

Coaches or teaches

Trains is the plural of train and the third-person singular verb form.

A train is a connected series of railroad cars pulled by a locomotive: The trains run every hour.

Extended uses keep the idea of things in sequence: a train of thought, a bridal train.

To train is to teach skills through practice: She trains new employees.

Someone who trains prepares physically: He trains for marathons.

commuter

subway

Underground transit passage

station · turnstile · fare · schedule · delay · transfer · announcement · rush-hour · standing-room · carriage

track

rails

Guiding metal bars

  • ballastShip stability material
  • sleepersUnactivated spies or surprise hits
  • tiesConnections or neckwear

gauge · switches · junction · spike · fishplate · railbed · trestle · viaduct · embankment · culvert

locomotive

engine

Machine producing motion

cab · boiler · whistle · tender · piston · cylinder · throttle · firebox · smokestack · headlamp

heritage

steam-engine

Heat-driven mechanical motor

excursion · narrow-gauge · preservation · museum · vintage · Victorian · roundhouse · turntable · porter

highspeed

bullet

Fired metal projectile

Acela · ICE · express · rapid · streamlined · aerodynamic · tilting · corridor · velocity · punctual

journey

travel

Movement between locations

cross-country · window-seat · compartment · berth · overnight · destination · itinerary · backpacking · Eurail · Trans-Siberian

freight

cargo

Transported goods

flatcar · gondola · hopper · intermodal · shipment · haulage · goods · bulk · reefer · manifest

Categories
Opposites
education/preparation

trainsneglects

Fails to care for

untrained · ignores · abandons · misinforms · corrupts

transportation mode

trainsautomobiles

Self-propelled road vehicles

cars · planes · aircraft · ships · boats

collective vs. individual

trainsindividuals

Separate, distinct people

singles · loners · isolates

Phrases
Family

train, training, trained, trainer, untrained, trainers, retrain, retraining, entrain

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G