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Definition of RAIL
Pronunciation : RAIL

noun : RAIL

Source:WordNet 3.1

  • 2. (

    ) short for railway; "he traveled by rail"; "he was concerned with rail safety" ;

  • 3. (

    ) a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll ;

  • 4. (

    ) a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal) ;

  • 5. (

    ) any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud ;

verb : RAIL

Source:WordNet 3.1

  • 3. (

    ) provide with rails; "The yard was railed" ;

  • 4. (

    ) separate with a railing; "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace" ;

  • 5. (

    ) convey (goods etc.) by rails; "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium" ;

  • 6. (

    ) travel by rail or train; "They railed from Rome to Venice"; "She trained to Hamburg" ;

  • 7. (

    ) lay with rails; "hundreds of miles were railed out here" ;

  • 8. (

    ) fish with a handline over the rails of a boat; "They are railing for fresh fish" ;

  • 10. (

    ) criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies" ;


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