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Noun rail has 5 senses
- railing, rail - a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
--1 is a kind of bar; barrier; bar; barrier
--1 is a part of | | railroad track, railroad, railway; tramline, tramway, streetcar track; 2 of 5 senses of rail ; railing, rail; bannister, banister, balustrade, balusters, handrail; track, rail, rails; railroad track, railroad, railway; tramline, tramway, streetcar track; 2 of 5 senses of rail ; railing, rail; bannister, banister, balustrade, balusters, handrail |
--1 has parts: ledger board
--1 has particulars:
- rail - short for railway; "he traveled by rail"; "he was concerned with rail safety"
--2 is a kind of railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system; railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system
- track, rail, rails - a bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll
--3 is a kind of bar; bar
--3 is a part of | | railroad track, railroad, railway; tramline, tramway, streetcar track; track, rail, rails; railroad track, railroad, railway; tramline, tramway, streetcar track |
--3 has particulars: third rail; track, rail, rails; third rail
- rail - a horizontal bar (usually of wood)
--4 is a kind of bar; bar
--4 has particulars:
- 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
--5 is a kind of wading bird, wader; wading bird, wader
--5 is a member of Rallidae, family Rallidae
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Verb rail has 10 senses
- rail, inveigh - complain bitterly
--1 is one way to complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
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- rail, rail in - enclose with rails; "rail in the old graves"
--2 is one way to enclose, hold in, confine
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- rail - provide with rails; "The yard was railed"
--3 is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish
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- rail, rail off - separate with a railing; "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace"
--4 is one way to separate, divide
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- rail - convey (goods etc.) by rails; "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium"
--5 is one way to transport
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- train, rail - travel by rail or train; "They railed from Rome to Venice"; "She trained to Hamburg"
--6 is one way to ride
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- rail - lay with rails; "hundreds of miles were railed out here"
--7 is one way to lay, put down, repose
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- rail - fish with a hand-line over the rails of a boat; "They are railing for fresh fish"
--8 is one way to fish
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- vilify, revile, vituperate, rail - spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"
--9 is one way to abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout
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- fulminate, rail - criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"
--10 is one way to denounce
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