Rail Meaning

There are 15 meaning(s) for word Rail

Meaning 1 : a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports

    Synonyms : railing
Meaning 2 : enclose with rails

    Example : rail in the old graves

    Synonyms : rail in
Meaning 3 : criticize severely

    Example : She railed against the bad social policies

    Synonyms : fulminate
Meaning 4 : complain bitterly

    Synonyms : inveigh
Meaning 5 : separate with a railing

    Example : rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace

    Synonyms : rail off
Meaning 6 : spread negative information about

    Synonyms : revile,  vilify,  vituperate
Meaning 7 : travel by rail or train

    Example : They railed from Rome to Venice

    Synonyms : train
Meaning 8 : a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

    Synonyms : rails,  runway,  track
Meaning 9 : a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)

Meaning 10 : any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud

Meaning 11 : convey (goods etc.) by rails

    Example : fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium

Meaning 12 : fish with a handline over the rails of a boat

    Example : They are railing for fresh fish

Meaning 13 : lay with rails

    Example : hundreds of miles were railed out here

Meaning 14 : provide with rails

    Example : The yard was railed

Meaning 15 : short for railway

    Example : he traveled by rail,he was concerned with rail safety

How to Pronounce Rail

  • reɪl