rail
1. a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports (Freq. 5)
• Syn:
railing
• Derivationally related forms:
rail (for: railing)
• Hypernyms:
barrier
• Hyponyms:
bar, fife rail, safety rail, guardrail, taffrail
• Part Holonyms:
bannister, banister, balustrade, balusters, handrail
• Part Meronyms:
ledger board
2. short for railway (Freq. 3)
- he traveled by rail
- he was concerned with rail safety
• Hypernyms:
railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system
3. a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
• Syn:
track, rails, runway
• Hypernyms:
bar
• Hyponyms:
third rail
• Part Holonyms:
railroad track, railroad, railway, tramline, tramway, streetcar track
4. a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
• Hypernyms:
bar
• Hyponyms:
hitchrack, hitching bar, ledger board, picture rail, plate rail,
split rail, fence rail
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
• Hypernyms:
wading bird, wader
• Hyponyms:
weka, maori hen, wood hen, crake, notornis,
takahe, Notornis mantelli, coot
• Member Holonyms:
Rallidae, family Rallidae
1. complain bitterly (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
inveigh
• Hypernyms:
complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
2. enclose with rails
- rail in the old graves
• Syn:
rail in
• Derivationally related forms:
railing
• Hypernyms:
enclose, hold in, confine
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. provide with rails
- The yard was railed
• Derivationally related forms:
railing
• Topics:
architecture
• Hypernyms:
supply, provide, render, furnish
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. separate with a railing
- rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace
• Syn:
rail off
• Derivationally related forms:
railing
• Hypernyms:
separate, divide
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
5. convey (goods etc.) by rails
- fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium
• Hypernyms:
transport
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
6. travel by rail or train
- They railed from Rome to Venice
- She trained to Hamburg
• Syn:
train
• Derivationally related forms:
train (for: train)
• Hypernyms:
ride
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
7. lay with rails
- hundreds of miles were railed out here
• Hypernyms:
lay, put down, repose
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
8. fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
- They are railing for fresh fish
• Hypernyms:
fish
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
9. spread negative information about
- The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews
• Syn:
vilify, revile, vituperate
• Derivationally related forms:
vituperative (for: vituperate), vituperation (for: vituperate), revilement (for: revile), vilification (for: vilify), vilifier (for: vilify)
• Hypernyms:
abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s (for: vituperate)
10. criticize severely
- He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare
- She railed against the bad social policies
• Syn:
fulminate
• Derivationally related forms:
fulmination (for: fulminate)
• Hypernyms:
denounce
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
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