Noun rail has 5 senses
  1. railing, rail - a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
    --1 is a kind of barrier
    --1 is a part of
     bannister, banister, balustrade, balusters, handrail
    --1 has parts: ledger board
    --1 has particulars: bar; fife rail; safety rail, guardrail; taffrail
    Derived forms: verb rail4, verb rail3, verb rail2
  2. 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
    Derived forms: verb rail6, verb rail5
  3. track, rail, rails - a bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll
    --3 is a kind of bar
    --3 is a part of
     railroad track, railroad, railway; tramline, tramway, streetcar track
    --3 has particulars: third rail
    Derived forms: verb rail7, verb rail6, verb rail5
  4. rail - a horizontal bar (usually of wood)
    --4 is a kind of
    bar
    --4 has particulars:
     hitchrack, hitching bar; ledger board; picture rail; plate rail; split rail, fence rail
    Derived forms: verb rail2, verb rail3
  5. 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
    --5 is a member of Rallidae, family Rallidae
    --5 has particulars:
     weka, maori hen, wood hen; crake; notornis, takahe, Notornis mantelli; coot
,Verb rail has 10 senses
  1. rail, inveigh - complain bitterly
    --1 is one way to complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. rail, rail in - enclose with rails; "rail in the old graves"
    --2 is one way to enclose, hold in, confine
    Derived forms: noun rail4, noun rail1, noun railing1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  3. rail - provide with rails; "The yard was railed"
    --3 is one way to
    supply, provide, render, furnish
    Derived forms: noun rail4, noun rail1, noun railing1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. rail, rail off - separate with a railing; "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace"
    --4 is one way to separate, divide
    Derived forms: noun rail1, noun railing1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  5. rail - convey (goods etc.) by rails; "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium"
    --5 is one way to
    transport
    Derived forms: noun rail3, noun rail2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
    Somebody ----s something PP
  6. train, rail - travel by rail or train; "They railed from Rome to Venice"; "She trained to Hamburg"
    --6 is one way to ride
    Derived forms: noun rail3, noun rail2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  7. rail - lay with rails; "hundreds of miles were railed out here"
    --7 is one way to
    lay, put down, repose
    Derived form: noun rail3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  8. rail - fish with a hand-line over the rails of a boat; "They are railing for fresh fish"
    --8 is one way to
    fish
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  9. vilify, revile, vituperate, rail - spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"
    --9 is one way to abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    => Somebody ----s
  10. 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
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
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