training
tray ning
- n activity leading to skilled behavior
- n the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
- v create by training and teaching
The old master is training world-class violinists - v undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession
She is training to be a teacher - v develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- v educate for a future role or function
- v teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
- v point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- v teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports
He is training our Olympic team - v exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition
She is training for the Olympics - v cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it
- v travel by rail or train
- v drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground
- Instead, it was just another day of hellishly realistic training for federal air marshals, the armed, plainclothes agents who patrol the skies.
- Under Armour will also post cross-training drills on its site this summer.
- The Army and the White House insist the abbreviated training was adequate.