Defenition of the word rail

• Defenition of the word rail

  • A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier.
  • criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"
  • any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
  • a horizontal bar (usually of wood)
  • short for railway; "he traveled by rail" or "he was concerned with rail safety"
  • complain bitterly
  • a barrier consisting of a horizontal rail and supports
  • a bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll
  • spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"
  • short for railway; "he traveled by rail"; "he was concerned with rail safety"
  • a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
  • criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans'' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"
  • fish with a hand-line over the rails of a boat; "They are railing for fresh fish"
  • lay with rails; "hundreds of miles were railed out here"
  • travel by rail or train; "They railed from Rome to Venice"; "She trained to Hamburg"
  • convey (goods etc.) by rails; "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium"
  • separate with a railing; "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace"
  • provide with rails; "The yard was railed"
  • enclose with rails; "rail in the old graves"
  • a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
  • short for railway
  • a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
  • criticize severely
  • spread negative information about
  • fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
  • lay with rails
  • travel by rail or train
  • convey (goods etc.) by rails
  • separate with a railing
  • provide with rails
  • enclose with rails

Synonyms for the word rail

• • fulminate
  • inveigh
  • railing
  • rails
  • railway
  • revile
  • track
  • vilify
  • vituperate

Meronymys for the word rail

• • balusters
  • balustrade
  • banister
  • bannister
  • family Rallidae
  • handrail
  • ledger board
  • railroad
  • railroad track
  • railway
  • Rallidae
  • streetcar track
  • tramline
  • tramway

Hyponyms for the word rail

• • bar
  • coot
  • crake
  • fence rail
  • fife rail
  • guardrail
  • hitching bar
  • hitchrack
  • ledger board
  • maori hen
  • notornis
  • Notornis mantelli
  • picture rail
  • plate rail
  • safety rail
  • split rail
  • taffrail
  • takahe
  • third rail
  • weka
  • wood hen

Hypernyms for the word rail

• • abuse
  • bar
  • barrier
  • blackguard
  • clapperclaw
  • complain
  • confine
  • denounce
  • divide
  • enclose
  • fish
  • furnish
  • hold in
  • kick
  • kvetch
  • lay
  • plain
  • provide
  • put down
  • quetch
  • railroad
  • railroad line
  • railway
  • railway line
  • railway system
  • render
  • repose
  • ride
  • separate
  • shout
  • sound off
  • supply
  • transport
  • wader
  • wading bird

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