Noun: rails reylz
- A bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railway cars or other vehicles can roll
"The train smoothly glided along the steel rails";
- track, rail
- A horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
"He leaned against the rail of the ship"
- A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
"They installed a rail along the steep staircase for safety";
- railing
- System of transportation using trains to pull passengers or freight
"he travelled by rail"; "he was concerned with rail safety";
- railway [Brit, Cdn], railroad [N. Amer], railroad line [N. Amer], railway line [Brit, Cdn], railway system [Brit, Cdn]
- Any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
"We spotted a secretive rail darting through the reeds"
- Complain bitterly
"He railed against the injustice";
- inveigh
- Criticize severely
"She railed against the bad social policies";
- fulminate
- Enclose with rails
"rail in the old graves";
- rail in
- (architecture) provide with rails
"The yard was railed"
- Separate with a railing
"rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace";
- rail off
- Lay with rails
"hundreds of miles were railed out here"
- Convey (goods etc.) by rails
"fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium"
- Travel by rail or train
"They railed from Rome to Venice";
- train
- Fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
"They are railing for fresh fish"
Type of: bar, barrier, complain, confine, denounce, denunciate, divide, enclose, fish, furnish, hold in, kick [informal], kvetch [N. Amer, informal], lay, line, moan, offer, plain [archaic], provide, put down, render, repose, ride, separate, sound off, supply, transport, wader, wading bird
Part of: balustrade, banister, bannister, family Rallidae, handrail, railroad [N. Amer], railroad track [N. Amer], railway [Brit, Cdn], railway track [Brit, Cdn], Rallidae, streetcar track, tramline, tramway
Encyclopedia: Rails
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