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Noun railing has 2 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 rail2, verb rail3, verb rail4
  2. railing - material for making rails or rails collectively
    --2 is a kind of     material
,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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