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

• a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)

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

• short for railway
  • he traveled by rail
    
  • he was concerned with rail safety
    

• a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports

Verb

• criticize severely
  • He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare
    
  • She railed against the bad social policies
    

• spread negative information about
  • The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews
    

• fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
  • They are railing for fresh fish
    

• lay with rails
  • hundreds of miles were railed out here
    

• travel by rail or train
  • They railed from Rome to Venice
    
  • She trained to Hamburg
    

• convey (goods etc.) by rails
  • fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium
    

• separate with a railing
  • rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace
    

• provide with rails
  • The yard was railed
    

• enclose with rails
  • rail in the old graves
    

• complain bitterly

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  track , rails , runway , railing , fulminate , vilify , revile , vituperate , train , rail off , rail in , inveigh