Rail - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |reɪl|  American pronunciation of the word rail
Brit.  |reɪl|  British pronunciation of the word rail

noun

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

- complain bitterly (syn: inveigh)
- enclose with rails
rail in the old graves
- provide with rails
The yard was railed
- separate with a railing
rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace
- convey (goods etc.) by rails
fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium
- travel by rail or train (syn: train)
They railed from Rome to Venice
- lay with rails
hundreds of miles were railed out here
- fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
They are railing for fresh fish
- spread negative information about (syn: revile, vilify, vituperate)
- criticize severely (syn: fulminate)
She railed against the bad social policies

Extra examples

He was holding onto a rope that served as a rail.

He travelled by rail to his home town.

The coal train ran off the rails.

The garden was railed off from the road.

The farmers railed in their land.

I railed my car to Scotland.

We rail to Munich tomorrow.

It's no good railing against / at / on fate.

Passengers want a better rail service.

We continued our journey by rail.

I need to buy a rail ticket.

Several passengers were leaning against the ship's rail.

The police railed off the area where the accident happened.

Consumers rail against the way companies fix prices.

The yard was railed

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: rail
he/she/it: rails
present participle: railing
past tense: railed
past participle: railed
noun
singular: rail
plural: rails
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