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Noun
S:
(n)
railing
,
rail
(a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports)
S:
(n)
railing
(material for making rails or rails collectively)
Verb
S:
(v)
rail
,
inveigh
(complain bitterly)
S:
(v)
rail
,
rail in
(enclose with rails)
"rail in the old graves"
S:
(v)
rail
(provide with rails)
"The yard was railed"
S:
(v)
rail
,
rail off
(separate with a railing)
"rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace"
S:
(v)
rail
(convey (goods etc.) by rails)
"fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium"
S:
(v)
train
,
rail
(travel by rail or train)
"They railed from Rome to Venice"; "She trained to Hamburg"
S:
(v)
rail
(lay with rails)
"hundreds of miles were railed out here"
S:
(v)
rail
(fish with a handline over the rails of a boat)
"They are railing for fresh fish"
S:
(v)
vilify
,
revile
,
vituperate
,
rail
(spread negative information about)
"The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"
S:
(v)
fulminate
,
rail
(criticize severely)
"He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"