Coached

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coach \Coach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coached}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Coaching}.]
     1. To convey in a coach. --Pope.
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     2. To prepare for public examination by private instruction;


        to train by special instruction. [Colloq.]
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              I coached him before he got his scholarship. --G.
                                                    Eliot.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "coached":
     accomplished, all ready, all set, armed, armed and ready,
     at concert pitch, booted and spurred, briefed, career, cocked,
     conversant, equipped, familiarized, finished, good and ready,
     groomed, in arms, in battle array, in readiness, in the saddle,
     informed, initiate, initiated, loaded, loaded for bear, mature,
     mobilized, on the mark, planned, practiced, prearranged, prepared,
     prepared and ready, prepped, primed, professional, provided,
     psyched up, ready, ready for anything, ripe, set, skilled,
     technical, trained, up in arms, vigilant, well-prepared