1. rail - noun
· a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
Synonym(s): railing
Hypernym(s): barrier
2. rail - noun
· short for railway; "he traveled by rail"; "he was concerned with rail safety"
Hypernym(s): railway, railroad, railroad_line, railway_line, railway_system
3. rail - noun
· a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
Synonym(s): track, rails, runway
Hypernym(s): bar
4. rail - noun
· a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
Hypernym(s): bar
5. 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
Hypernym(s): wading_bird, wader
6. rail - verb
· complain bitterly
Synonym(s): inveigh
Hypernym(s): complain, kick, plain, sound_off, quetch, kvetch
7. rail - verb
· enclose with rails; "rail in the old graves"
Synonym(s): rail_in
Hypernym(s): enclose, hold_in, confine
8. rail - verb
· provide with rails; "The yard was railed"
Hypernym(s): supply, provide, render, furnish
9. rail - verb
· separate with a railing; "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace"
Synonym(s): rail_off
10. rail - verb
· convey (goods etc.) by rails; "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium"
Hypernym(s): transport
11. rail - verb
· travel by rail or train; "They railed from Rome to Venice"; "She trained to Hamburg"
Synonym(s): train
Hypernym(s): ride
12. rail - verb
· lay with rails; "hundreds of miles were railed out here"
Hypernym(s): lay, put_down, repose
13. rail - verb
· fish with a handline over the rails of a boat; "They are railing for fresh fish"
Hypernym(s): fish
14. rail - verb
· spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"
Synonym(s): vilify, revile, vituperate
Hypernym(s): abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout
15. rail - verb
· criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"
Synonym(s): fulminate
Hypernym(s): denounce
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