trained

adj — 2 senses

trained

adj

/tɹeɪnd/

Etymology From train + -ed.

1

Having undergone a course of training (sometimes in combination).

  • fully trained troops
  • As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
2

Manipulated in shape or habit.

  • trained fruit trees
Antonyms
untrained
Derived terms
foretrained, house-trained, law-trained, nontrained, potty-trained, pseudotrained, semitrained, toilet-trained, undertrained

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