column vs train

column

noun
  • A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road. 

  • Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column. 

  • A recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme. 

  • The gynostemium 

  • A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom. 

  • An object used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds. 

  • A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page. 

  • A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration. 

  • A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text. 

train

noun
  • The men and vehicles following an army, which carry artillery and other equipment for battle or siege. 

  • A long, heavy sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, etc. 

  • A set of interconnected mechanical parts which operate each other in sequence. 

  • A transient trail of glowing ions behind a large meteor as it falls through the atmosphere or accompanying a comet as it nears the sun; tail. 

  • A group of people following an important figure such as a king or noble; a retinue, a group of retainers. 

  • A group or class of people. 

  • A sequence of events or ideas which are interconnected; a course or procedure of something. 

  • A trail or line of something, especially gunpowder. 

  • A series of specified vehicles (originally tramcars in a mine as usual, later especially railway carriages) coupled together. 

  • The tail of a bird. 

  • A mechanical (traditionally steam-powered, now typically diesel or electrical) vehicle carrying a large number of passengers and freight along a designated track or path; a line of connected cars or carriages considered overall as a mode of transport; (as uncountable noun) rail or road travel. 

  • The elongated body or form of something narrow and winding, such as the course of a river or the body of a snake. 

  • An act wherein series of men line up and then penetrate a person, especially as a form of gang rape. 

  • A set of things, events, or circumstances that follow after or as a consequence; aftermath, wake. 

  • A series of electrical pulses. 

  • The elongated back portion of a dress or skirt (or an ornamental piece of material added to similar effect), which drags along the ground. 

  • A group of animals, vehicles, or people that follow one another in a line, such as a wagon train; a caravan or procession. 

  • A software release schedule. 

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

  • To improve one's fitness. 

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

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

  • To proceed in sequence. 

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

  • To practice an ability. 

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

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