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Grammar : Adj
Spell : treyn
Phonetic Transcription : treɪn


Definition of well-trained

Origin :
  • early 14c., "a drawing out, delay," later "trailing part of a skirt" (mid-15c.), also "retinue, procession" (mid-15c.), from Old French train (fem. traine), from trainer "to pull, draw," from Vulgar Latin *traginare, extended from *tragere "to pull," back-formation from tractus, past participle of Latin trahere "to pull, draw" (see tract (n.1)).
  • Train of thought first attested 1650s. The railroad sense is recorded from 1820 (publication year, dated 1816), from notion of a "train" of wagons or carriages pulled by a mechanical engine.
  • As in obedient : adj well-behaved; submissive
Example sentences :
  • Caligraphy was the item before them now, and on it they turned their well-trained brains.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • Suckers and water-sprouts are less common on well-trained vines.
  • Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick
  • No well-trained maid ever extends her hand to receive a visiting card.
  • Extract from : « The Etiquette of To-day » by Edith B. Ordway
  • He was not tethered or tied, for he was too well-trained to make that necessary.
  • Extract from : « Two Boys in Wyoming » by Edward S. Ellis
  • Everything was done as artistically as the dance of a well-trained performer.
  • Extract from : « Theodoric the Goth » by Thomas Hodgkin
  • The sisters engaged in education are often well-trained and accomplished.
  • Extract from : « Deaconesses in Europe » by Jane M. Bancroft
  • Speedily his well-trained eye recognized the chief of the savages.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
  • Violet is a well-trained child, neither exacting nor coquettish.
  • Extract from : « Floyd Grandon's Honor » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
  • "Oh, but we must study hard," said well-trained Eunice, surprised.
  • Extract from : « Cricket at the Seashore » by Elizabeth Westyn Timlow
  • If she were capable herself, she would have a capable, well-trained maid or butler.
  • Extract from : « Conversation » by Mary Greer Conklin

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