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English to English noun
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a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports |  | source: wordnet30
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short for railway | | Example: he traveled by rail
he was concerned with rail safety
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a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll | | source: wordnet30
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a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal) | | source: wordnet30
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any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud | | source: wordnet30
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An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women. | | source: webster1913
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A bar of timber or metal, usually horizontal or nearly so, extending from one post or support to another, as in fences, balustrades, staircases, etc. | | source: webster1913
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Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds of the family Rallidæ, especially those of the genus Rallus, and of closely allied genera. They are prized as game birds. | | source: webster1913
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A railroad as a means of transportation; as, to go by rail; a place not accesible by rail. | | source: webster1913 verb
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complain bitterly | | source: wordnet30
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enclose with rails | | Example: rail in the old graves
source: wordnet30
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provide with rails | | Example: The yard was railed
source: wordnet30
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separate with a railing | | Example: rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace
source: wordnet30
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convey (goods etc.) by rails | | Example: fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium
source: wordnet30
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travel by rail or train | | Example: They railed from Rome to Venice
She trained to Hamburg
source: wordnet30
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lay with rails | | Example: hundreds of miles were railed out here
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fish with a handline over the rails of a boat | | Example: They are railing for fresh fish
source: wordnet30
| 18 |
spread negative information about | | Example: The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews
source: wordnet30
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criticize severely | | Example: He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare
She railed against the bad social policies
source: wordnet30
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To flow forth; to roll out; to course. | | source: webster1913
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To inclose with rails or a railing. | | source: webster1913
| 22 |
To use insolent and reproachful language; to utter reproaches; to scoff; -- followed by at or against, formerly by on. | | source: webster1913
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To rail at. | | source: webster1913
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