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Type Words
Synonyms railing
Type of barrier
Has types bar, fife rail, guardrail, taffrail, safety rail
Type Words
Synonyms rail in
Type of enclose, confine, hold in
Derivation railing


rail in the old graves.
Type Words
Synonyms fulminate
Type of denounce


She railed against the bad social policies.
Type Words
Synonyms inveigh
Type of quetch, sound off, kick, plain, complain, kvetch
Type Words
Synonyms rail off
Type of separate, divide
Derivation railing


rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace.
Type Words
Synonyms revile, vilify, vituperate
Type of blackguard, abuse, shout, clapperclaw
Type Words
Synonyms train
Type of ride


They railed from Rome to Venice.
Type Words
Synonyms rails, runway, track
Type of bar
Has types third rail
Type Words
Type of bar
Has types split rail, hitching bar, hitchrack, ledger board, picture rail, plate rail, fence rail
Type Words
Type of wading bird, wader
Has types coot, crake, maori hen, notornis, notornis mantelli, takahe, weka, wood hen
Type Words
Type of transport


fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium.
Type Words
Type of fish


They are railing for fresh fish.
Type Words
Type of put down, lay, repose


hundreds of miles were railed out here.
Type Words
Type of furnish, supply, provide, render
Derivation railing


The yard was railed.
Type Words
Type of railway, railway line, railroad line, railroad, railway system


he traveled by rail.
he was concerned with rail safety.

Examples of rail

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Metro is slashing bus, light-rail and Call-A-Ride service to balance its budget.
From the stltoday.com
As RT's first light-rail manager, Mr. Beach created a new division from scratch.
From the sacbee.com
Rehabilitate the line, hire a freight rail operator, and ban big trucks on I-70.
From the denverpost.com
Amtrak will pare rail services between Boston, New York and Washington, it said.
From the bloomberg.com
Its features include a handrail, box, rainbow rail, a flat rail and a down rail.
From the post-gazette.com
Democrats view high-speed rail as the next-generation interstate highway system.
From the businessweek.com
Will they take to the Senate floor to rail against Social Security and Medicare?
From the edition.cnn.com
Florida's HSR boosters say its rail project could create as many as 20,000 jobs.
From the time.com
The rail cars were loaded with thousands of gallons of highly flammable ethanol.
From the stltoday.com
More examples
  • Railing: a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
  • Complain bitterly
  • Enclose with rails; "rail in the old graves"
  • Short for railway; "he traveled by rail"; "he was concerned with rail safety"
  • Track: a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
  • A horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
  • An approach lighting system, or ALS, is a lighting system installed on the approach end of an airport runway and consisting of a series of lightbars, strobe lights, or a combination of the two that extends outward from the runway end. ...
  • Rail is a short 13.5 minute documentary film made by Geoffrey Jones for British Transport Films between 1963 and 1967, prompted by the success of Snow. ...
  • Rail was an Australian band from Melbourne in the late 1990s. Dan Vertessy was the lead singer and songwriter. They featured Ashley Naylor from Even on guitar and released two albums of guitar pop. Their first album was titled Bad Hair Life, and contained the single "Immune Deficiency". ...