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: track, rail, runway.

(noun) a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports. Synonyms: railing, rail.

(noun) short for railway. Synonyms: rail. Examples: "He traveled by rail." "He was concerned with rail safety."

(noun) a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll. Synonyms: track, rail, runway.

(noun) a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal). Synonyms: rail.

(noun) 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: rail, inveigh.

(verb) enclose with rails. Synonyms: rail, rail in. Example: "Rail in the old graves."

(verb) provide with rails. Synonyms: rail. Example: "The yard was railed."

(verb) separate with a railing. Synonyms: rail, rail off. Example: "Rail off the crowds from the presidential palace."

(verb) convey (goods etc.) by rails. Synonyms: rail. Example: "Fresh fruit are railed from italy to belgium."

(verb) travel by rail or train. Synonyms: train, rail. Examples: "They railed from rome to venice." "She trained to hamburg."

(verb) lay with rails. Synonyms: rail. Example: "Hundreds of miles were railed out here."

(verb) fish with a handline over the rails of a boat. Synonyms: rail. Example: "They are railing for fresh fish."

(verb) spread negative information about. Synonyms: vilify, revile, vituperate, rail. Example: "The nazi propaganda vilified the jews."

(verb) criticize severely. Synonyms: fulminate, rail. Examples: "He fulminated against the republicans' plan to cut medicare." "She railed against the bad social policies."