Definition of Rail

Noun

• 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 or metal)
  
• a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
  track rails runway
• short for railway
  "he traveled by rail"
  "he was concerned with rail safety"
  
• a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
  railing

Verb

• criticize severely
  "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"
  "She railed against the bad social policies"
  fulminate
• spread negative information about
  "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"
  vilify revile vituperate
• fish with a handline 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"
  train
• 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"
  - rail off
• provide with rails
  "The yard was railed"
  
• enclose with rails
  "rail in the old graves"
  - rail in
• complain bitterly
  inveigh

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