Rail - English meaning

noun

A bar or series of bars fixed on upright supports or attached to a wall or ceiling, serving as part of a barrier or used to hang things on.

Usage examples:

A curtain rail

noun

A steel bar or continuous line of bars laid on the ground as one of a pair forming a railway track.

Usage examples:

The goods train left the rails

noun

The edge of a surfboard or sailboard.

Usage examples:

A cutback is a 180 degree turn that's done on either of the two rails of the surfboard.

noun

A horizontal piece in the frame of a panelled door or sash window.

Usage examples:

The sash is made up of rails, which are pieces of wood that surround glass panes.

noun

A conductor which is maintained at a fixed potential and to which other parts of a circuit are connected.

Usage examples:

The anode must be connected to the positive supply rail

verb

Provide or enclose (a space or place) with a rail or rails.

Usage examples:

The altar is railed off from the nave

verb

Convey (goods) by rail.

Usage examples:

Perishables were railed into manhattan

verb

(in windsurfing) sail the board on its edge.

Usage examples:

The more you pull down on the boom, the more you rail

verb

Complain or protest strongly and persistently about.

Usage examples:

He railed at human fickleness

Synonims:

Protest strongly atMake a protest againstFulminate againstInveigh againstRage againstThunder againstDeclaim againstRemonstrate aboutExpostulate aboutMake a fuss aboutSpeak out again

noun

A secretive bird with drab grey and brown plumage, typically having a long bill and found in dense waterside vegetation.

Usage examples:

Apart from coots and related rails, only ostriches and weaverbirds can detect parasitic eggs left b…

noun

A common small brown and grey american crake (bird), frequenting marshes.