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1. | [ noun ] a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports | |
Synonyms: | railing | |
Related terms: | barrier bannister taffrail fife_rail bar safety_rail bannister ledger_board | |
2. | [ noun ] (transportation,business) short for railway | |
Examples: | "he traveled by rail" "he was concerned with rail safety" |
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Related terms: | railway train | |
3. | [ verb ] complain bitterly | |
Synonyms: | inveigh | |
Related terms: | complain | |
4. | [ verb ] fish with a hand-line aver the rails of a boat | |
Examples: | "They are railing for fresh fish" |
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Related terms: | fish | |
5. | [ noun ] (transportation) a bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll | |
Synonyms: | rails track | |
Related terms: | bar third_rail railroad_track tramline train | |
6. | [ noun ] a horizontal bar (usually of wood) | |
Related terms: | bar split_rail picture_rail plate_rail ledger_board hitchrack | |
7. | [ verb ] (transportation) convey (goods etc.) by rails | |
Examples: | "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium" |
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Related terms: | transport track | |
8. | [ verb ] spread negative information about | |
Synonyms: | revile vituperate vilify | |
Examples: | "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews" |
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Related terms: | abuse vituperation defamer smear | |
9. | [ verb ] lay with rails | |
Examples: | "hundreds of miles were railed out here" |
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Related terms: | lay track | |
10. | [ verb ] separate with a railing | |
Synonyms: | rail_off | |
Examples: | "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace" |
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Related terms: | separate railing | |
11. | [ verb ] criticize severely | |
Synonyms: | fulminate | |
Examples: | "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare" "She railed against the bad social policies" |
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Related terms: | denounce fulmination | |
12. | [ verb ] provide or enclose with rails | |
Examples: | "The yard was railed" |
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Related terms: | supply architecture railing | |
13. | [ verb ] enclose with rails | |
Synonyms: | rail_in | |
Examples: | "rail in the old graves" |
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Related terms: | enclose | |
14. | [ verb ] (transportation) travel by rail or train | |
Synonyms: | train | |
Examples: | "They railed from Rome to Venice" "She trained to Hamburg" |
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Related terms: | ride track | |
15. | [ noun ] (zoology) any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud | |
Related terms: | wading_bird crake weka notornis coot Rallidae | |
Similar spelling: |
Railey Rayl Raul Rall rale Rael railway rally Raley Rahal Rawley Raoulia |