noun a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
— synonyms: railing
noun short for railway.
noun a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll.
— synonyms: track, rails, runway
noun a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal).
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.
verb complain bitterly.
— synonyms: inveigh
verb enclose with rails.
— synonyms: rail_in
verb provide with rails.
verb separate with a railing.
— synonyms: rail_off
verb convey (goods etc.) by rails.
verb travel by rail or train.
— synonyms: train
verb lay with rails.
verb fish with a handline over the rails of a boat.
verb spread negative information about.
— synonyms: vilify, revile, vituperate
verb criticize severely.
— synonyms: fulminate
Examples
“We travelled to the seaside by rail.”
“We're experimenting with ads in the right-hand rail.”