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Definition of rails

noun:

• a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll. Synonyms: rail, runway, track.
• a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports. Synonyms: rail, railing.
• short for railway; "he traveled by rail", "he was concerned with rail safety". Synonyms: rail.
• a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll. Synonyms: rail, runway, track.
• a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal). Synonyms: rail.
• any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud. Synonyms: rail.

verb:

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

Related words

bar, coot, crake, guardrail, hitchrack, notornis, taffrail, takahe, weka.

Words nearby

rail, tails.

Rhymes with

details, sales, tails, versailles, wales.