Rail - Definition

n 1: a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports [syn:
railing, rail]
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
[syn: track, rail, rails, runway]
4: a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
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
v 1: complain bitterly [syn: rail, inveigh]
2: enclose with rails; "rail in the old graves" [syn: rail,
rail in]
3: provide with rails; "The yard was railed"
4: separate with a railing; "rail off the crowds from the
Presidential palace" [syn: rail, rail off]
5: convey (goods etc.) by rails; "fresh fruit are railed from
Italy to Belgium"
6: travel by rail or train; "They railed from Rome to Venice";
"She trained to Hamburg" [syn: train, rail]
7: lay with rails; "hundreds of miles were railed out here"
8: fish with a handline over the rails of a boat; "They are
railing for fresh fish"
9: spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda
vilified the Jews" [syn: vilify, revile, vituperate,
rail]
10: criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans'
plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social
policies" [syn: fulminate, rail]