trained

Meanings

Verb

• create by training and teaching
• undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession
  • "He trained as a legal aid"
• develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
  • "Is this dog trained?"
• educate for a future role or function
  • "They trained him to be a warrior"
• teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
• point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
  • "He trained his gun on the burglar"
• teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports
• exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition
• cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it
• travel by rail or train
  • "She trained to Hamburg"
• drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground
  • "She trained her long scarf behind her"
• simple past and past participle of train

Adjective

• shaped or conditioned or disciplined by training; often used as a combining form
  • "a trained mind"
  • "trained pigeons"
  • "well-trained servants"

Adj

• Having undergone a course of training (sometimes in combination).
• Manipulated in shape or habit.

Synonyms

aim, check, civilise, civilize, coach, condition, cultivate, develop, direct, discipline, educate, groom, prepare, rail, school, take, take aim, trail, train

Antonyms

untrained