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rail

noun
  1. any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
  2. a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
  3. short for railway
    “We traveled by rail.”
  4. a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
    railing
  5. a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
    track
verb
  1. criticize severely
    fulminate
  2. spread negative information about
    vilifyrevilevituperate
  3. complain bitterly
    inveigh
  4. fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
    “They are railing for fresh fish”
  5. lay with rails
    “hundreds of miles were railed out here”
  6. travel by rail or train
    “They railed from Rome to Venice”
    train
  7. convey (goods etc.) by rails
    “fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium”
  8. separate with a railing
    “rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace”
    rail off
  9. provide with rails
    “The yard was railed”
  10. enclose with rails
    “rail in the old graves”
    rail in