TRAINING

To practice an ability.

Example: "She trained seven hours a day to prepare for the olympics."

To teach and form (someone) by practice; to educate (someone).

Example: "You can't train a pig to write poetry."

To improve one's fitness.

Example: "I trained with weights all winter."

To proceed in sequence.

To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.

Example: "The assassin had trained his gun on the minister."

To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape, usually by pruning and bending.

Example: "The vine had been trained over the pergola."

To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head.

To create a trainer for; to apply cheats to (a game).

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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