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'rail' - used as a noun
1. a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
2. short for railway
he traveled by rail
he was concerned with rail safety
3. a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
4. a horizontal bar (usually of wood)
5. any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud

'rail' - used as a verb
6. complain bitterly
7. enclose with rails
rail in the old graves
8. provide with rails
The yard was railed
9. separate with a railing
rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace
10. convey (goods etc.) by rails
fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium
11. travel by rail or train
They railed from Rome to Venice
12. lay with rails
hundreds of miles were railed out here
13. fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
They are railing for fresh fish
14. spread negative information about
15. criticize severely
She railed against the bad social policies

derived forms
1. Rail / Plural
rails
2. Rail / Past
railed
3. Rail / Third Person
rails
4. Rail / Present Participle
railing
Variations of 'rail'
 
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