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Synonyms of rails
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Noun
1. track, rail, rails, runway, bar
usage:
a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
Noun
1. track, rail, rails, runway, bar
usage:
a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
2. railing, rail, barrier
usage:
short for railway; "he traveled by rail"; "he was concerned with rail safety"
3. rail, railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system
usage:
a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
4. track, rail, rails, runway, bar
usage:
a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
5. rail, bar
usage:
any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
Verb
1. rail, inveigh, complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
usage:
complain bitterly
2. rail, rail in, enclose, hold in, confine
usage:
enclose with rails; "rail in the old graves"
3. rail, supply, provide, render, furnish
usage:
provide with rails; "The yard was railed"
4. rail, rail off, separate, divide
usage:
separate with a railing; "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace"
5. rail, transport
usage:
convey (goods etc.) by rails; "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium"
6. train, rail, ride
usage:
travel by rail or train; "They railed from Rome to Venice"; "She trained to Hamburg"
7. rail, lay, put down, repose
usage:
lay with rails; "hundreds of miles were railed out here"
8. rail, fish
usage:
fish with a handline over the rails of a boat; "They are railing for fresh fish"
9. vilify, revile, vituperate, rail, abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout
usage:
spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"
10. fulminate, rail, denounce
usage:
criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"
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