rail (
http://definr.com/rail)
n 1: a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports [syn:
railing]
2: short for railway; "he traveled by rail";1 "he was concerned
with rail safety"
3: a bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which
vehicles can roll [syn:
track,
rails]
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
v 1: complain bitterly [syn:
inveigh]
2: enclose with rails; "rail in the old graves" [syn:
rail in]
3: provide or enclose with rails; "The yard was railed"
4: separate with a railing; "rail off the crowds from the
Presidential palace" [syn:
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]
7: lay with rails; "hundreds of miles were railed out here"
8: fish with a hand-line aver 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]
10: criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans'
plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social
policies" [syn:
fulminate]