Rail

noun
reɪl

Noun

  • short for railway

    he traveled by rail

    he was concerned with rail safety

    Type of:RailwayRailroad
  • a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports

    Similar:Railing
    Type of:Barrier
  • a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

    Similar:RailsRunwayTrack
    Type of:Bar
  • a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)

    Type of:Bar
  • any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud

    Type of:Wader

Verb

  • enclose with rails

    rail in the old graves

    Type of:EncloseConfine
  • criticize severely

    She railed against the bad social policies

    Similar:Fulminate
    Type of:Denounce
  • separate with a railing

    rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace

    Type of:SeparateDivide
  • travel by rail or train

    They railed from Rome to Venice

    Similar:Train
    Type of:Ride
  • convey (goods etc.) by rails

    fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium

    Type of:Transport
  • fish with a handline over the rails of a boat

    They are railing for fresh fish

    Type of:Fish
  • lay with rails

    hundreds of miles were railed out here

    Type of:LayRepose
  • provide with rails

    The yard was railed

    Type of:FurnishSupplyProvide
  • complain bitterly

    Similar:Inveigh
    Type of:QuetchKickPlain
  • spread negative information about

    Similar:RevileVilifyVituperate
    Type of:BlackguardAbuseShout

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