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rail

noun

1 rail

A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.

synonym: railing.

Roget 752: prison, prison house; jail, gaol, cage, coop, den, cell; stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon, dungeon, Bastille, ... show more

Roget 232: inclosure, envelope; case etc. (receptacle) 191; wrapper; girdle etc. 230.    pen, fold; pen fold, in fold, ... show more

Roget 366: animal, animal kingdom; fauna; brute creation.    beast, brute, creature, critter [U.S.]; wight, created being; creeping thing, living thing; dumb animal, ... show more

Dutch: hekwerk
Polish: barierka

2 rail

Short for railway.

3 rail

A bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll.

synonyms: rails, runway, track.

Dutch: rail, spoor, spoorbaan, spoorlijn, spoorweg
Polish: szyna

4 rail

A horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal).

5 rail

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

1 rail

Complain bitterly.

synonym: inveigh.

Dutch: schelden, krachtig protesteren

2 rail

Enclose with rails:
— Rail in the old graves.

synonym: rail in.

3 rail

Provide with rails.

4 rail

Separate with a railing:
— Rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace.

synonym: rail off.

5 rail

Convey (goods etc.) by rails.

6 rail

Travel by rail or train:
— They railed from Rome to Venice.

synonym: train.

7 rail

Lay with rails.

8 rail

Fish with a handline over the rails of a boat.

9 rail

Spread negative information about.

synonyms: revile, vilify, vituperate.

Roget 932: disapprove; dislike etc. 867; lament etc. 839; object to, take exception to; be scandalized at, think ill of; view with disfavor, view with dark eyes, view with jaundiced eyes; ... show more

Dutch: belasteren, beschimpen, kleineren, verguizen

10 rail

Criticize severely:
— She railed against the bad social policies.

synonym: fulminate.

Dutch: fulmineren, opspelen, uithalen, uitpakken, uitschieten, uitvallen, uitvaren, uitvliegen


Moby thesaurus: L, attack, baluster, balustrade, banister, bar, barrier, bawl out, berate, bottle up, boundary, box up, branch, bulkhead in, cable railway, cage, censure, check, chew out, cloister ... show more.

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