train(3) (iou) and parasite(2) (iou)

train(3) (iou)

train noun1. ME.

I.
Waiting, delay. Freq. in for a train, for a while. ME-M16.
A horse's gait paced between an amble and a trot; a horse's course or manner of running; a period of riding. M16-L17.
II.
a. A trailing section at the back of a ceremonial robe, an evening dress, etc., which is drawn along on the ground behind the wearer. LME.
Baroness Orczy The long train of her..gown swept the dead leaves off the steps.
b. The tail or tail feathers of a bird, esp. the long trailing tail feathers of the peacock; in Falconry, the tail of a hawk. Formerly also, the tail of a quadruped. L16.
c. The tail of a comet; a luminous trail, such as that following a meteor. E17.
A drag or strong-smelling lure for hounds; a trail of carrion for luring wolves, foxes, etc., into a trap. LME-E18.
Any of various material objects that are dragged; spec. (a) a drag-net; (b) the trail of a gun-carriage; (c) a rough kind of sledge or sleigh used in Canada for transport. L16.
A thing resembling the train of a robe, as the winding course of a river, a snake's body, etc. poet. M17.
Sir W. Scott Like streamlet..winding slow its silver train.
III.
a. A body of attendants or followers; a retinue; a series of vehicles conveying a retinue. LME.
Steele She has ever had a Train of Admirers.
b. Military. Artillery, supplies, and Other equipment for battle or siege, together with transport vehicles and men, travelling in support of an army. E16.
c. fig. A set of attendant circumstances or conditions; a series of consequences. Freq. in in the train of below. L16.
A body of people, animals, vehicles, etc., travelling together in a long line or procession. L15.
J. Gilmour Camels, trains of which..may be seen making their way along the crowded streets.
a. A course of action in relation to its manner or purpose; method of procedure; way of life; course or direction of an argument etc. obsolete exc. as passing into sense 9b. L15.
I. Barrow God..by..undiscernable trains, ordereth all events.
b. A series, succession, or chain of actions, events, thoughts, or phenomena; a line of reasoning comprised of successive ideas. Freq. in train of thought. M17.
H. M. Rosenberg The..re-radiated wave trains from each of the three atoms. P. Fussell Through a whole train of oversights..it took four days for awareness to sink in. S. Hill The boy had been vague,..had lost his train of thought several times.
A line of gunpowder etc. laid as a fuse to detonate a mine or charge. M16.
An extended series or row of material objects; esp. a series of things arranged in a definite order for a particular purpose. E17.
W. Abney A train of prisms..set to the angle of minimum deviation.
b. Oil Industry. A set of interconnected units for carrying out a specific process, esp. the liquefaction of natural gas. M20.
A series of connected parts of machinery which actuate one another in succession; esp. the set of wheels and pinions in a clock or watch which turns the hands, or that which actuates the striking part. L18.
going train, striking train, etc.
Orig. train of carriages. A set or series of railway carriages, vans, or trucks coupled together and moved by a locomotive or powered carriage. Freq. with specifying word. E19.
express train, fast train, goods train, local train, passenger train, slow train, stopping train, etc. attrib.: train crash, train driver, train fare, train ride, train robber, etc.
Daily Telegraph Trains were running up to 30 minutes late. J. Fane I used to take the train to Salisbury.
b. A line of coupled vehicles, barges, etc. L19.
Phrases: in a person's train following behind a person. in the train of as a sequel to or consequence of. in train properly directed or arranged; in proper order; on course. pull a train: see PULL verb. train of carriages: see sense 13 above.
Comb.: train-bearer an attendant who carries the train of a robe etc.; train-ferry: for conveying railway trains across water; train-guard (a) a train of attendants forming a guard; a body of soldiers guarding the train of an army; (b) the guard of a railway train; train-jumper (orig. US) a person who travels by train without paying the fare; trainmaster US a person in charge of a train or trains; spec. a railway official responsible for the movement of all trains over a certain stretch of line; train-mile one mile travelled by one train on a railway, as a unit in estimating amount of traffic, working expenses, etc.; train set (a) a set of trains, tracks, etc., making up a model railway; (b) a set of wagons or carriages, sometimes with a locomotive, coupled together; a train; train-shed US a roof supported by posts forming a shelter for one or more platforms at which trains stop; a roughly built or unenclosed railway station; trainsick adjective affected with trainsickness; trainsickness nausea caused by the motion of a train; trainside adjective (US) beside or near a train, taking place next to a train; train-spot verb intrans. pursue the hobby of train-spotting; train-spotter a person whose hobby is observing trains and recording locomotive numbers; train-spotting the hobby of observing trains and recording locomotive numbers; train-stop (a) an automatic device, operating in conjunction with a railway signal, for stopping a train; (b) the state of a train's being at a stop; a railway halt; train ticket (a) a ticket given to a train driver as authority to Travel over a single-track section of railway (cf. STAFF noun1 10); (b) a ticket purchased to authorize a passenger to Travel on a train.
trainful noun as much or as many as a railway train will hold M19.
trainless adjective (a) (of a robe etc.) without a train; (b) devoid of railway trains; on which no trains are running: M19.

parasite(2) (iou)

parasite verb. E17.
[from the noun.]
verb intrans. Behave as a parasite; live off as a parasite (also foll. by on). E17.
verb trans. Infest as a parasite. M19.

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