English dictionary
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English noun: rail | |||
| 1. | rail (artifact) a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports | ||
| Synonyms | railing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | barrier | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bar, fife rail, guardrail, safety rail, taffrail | ||
| Part holonym | ledger board | ||
| Part meronym | balusters, balustrade, banister, bannister, handrail | ||
| 2. | rail (artifact) short for railway | ||
| Samples | He traveled by rail. He was concerned with rail safety. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | railroad, railroad line, railway, railway line, railway system | ||
| 3. | rail (artifact) 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bar | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | third rail | ||
| Part meronym | railroad, railroad track, railway, streetcar track, tramline, tramway | ||
| 4. | rail (artifact) a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bar | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fence rail, hitching bar, hitchrack, ledger board, picture rail, plate rail, split rail | ||
| 5. | rail (animal) any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | wader, wading bird | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | coot, crake, maori hen, notornis, Notornis mantelli, takahe, weka, wood hen | ||
| Member meronym | family Rallidae, Rallidae | ||
English verb: rail | |||
| 1. | rail (communication) complain bitterly | ||
| Synonyms | inveigh | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off | ||
| 2. | rail (stative) enclose with rails | ||
| Samples | Rail in the old graves. | ||
| Synonyms | rail in | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | confine, enclose, hold in | ||
| 3. | rail (possession) provide with rails | ||
| Samples | The yard was railed. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | furnish, provide, render, supply | ||
| Domain category | architecture | ||
| 4. | rail (motion) separate with a railing | ||
| Samples | Rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace. | ||
| Synonyms | rail off | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | divide, separate | ||
| 5. | rail (motion) convey (goods etc.) by rails | ||
| Samples | Fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | transport | ||
| 6. | rail (motion) travel by rail or train | ||
| Samples | They railed from Rome to Venice. She trained to Hamburg. | ||
| Synonyms | train | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ride | ||
| 7. | rail (contact) lay with rails | ||
| Samples | Hundreds of miles were railed out here. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lay, put down, repose | ||
| 8. | rail (competition) fish with a handline over the rails of a boat | ||
| Samples | They are railing for fresh fish. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fish | ||
| 9. | rail (communication) spread negative information about | ||
| Samples | The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews. | ||
| Synonyms | revile, vilify, vituperate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | abuse, blackguard, clapperclaw, shout | ||
| 10. | rail (communication) criticize severely | ||
| Samples | He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare. She railed against the bad social policies. | ||
| Synonyms | fulminate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | denounce | ||
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