rail

Nouns

• (n) a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports railing,
• (n) short for railway
  • he traveled by rail
  • he was concerned with rail safety
• (n) a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll rails, runway, track,
• (n) a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
• (n) any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud

Verbs

• (v) complain bitterly inveigh,
• (v) enclose with rails
  • rail in the old graves
  rail in,
• (v) provide with rails
  • The yard was railed
• (v) separate with a railing
  • rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace
  rail off,
• (v) convey (goods etc.) by rails
  • fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium
• (v) travel by rail or train
  • They railed from Rome to Venice
  • She trained to Hamburg
  train,
• (v) lay with rails
  • hundreds of miles were railed out here
• (v) fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
  • They are railing for fresh fish
• (v) spread negative information about
  • The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews
  revile, vilify, vituperate,
• (v) criticize severely
  • He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare
  • She railed against the bad social policies
  fulminate,

Synonyms

Words of close approximity