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noun

Matters relating to or concerning railroads; trivia or artefacts connected with railroads.

noun

The action of travelling or working on the railways.

Usage examples:

Railroading was very dangerous in those days
verb

Rush or coerce (someone) into doing something.

Usage examples:

She hesitated, unwilling to be railroaded into a decision
noun

A track or set of tracks made of steel rails along which passenger and freight trains run; a railway.

Usage examples:

His uncle works on the railroad
verb

Rush or coerce (someone) into doing something.

Usage examples:

She hesitated, unwilling to be railroaded into a decision
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
verb

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

Usage examples:

The altar is railed off from the nave
noun

A track made of steel rails along which trains run.

Usage examples:

Services were disrupted after an eight-year-old boy was spotted trespassing on the railway

Railway-line

ˌʃɔːt.laɪn ˈreɪl.weɪ
noun

→  short-line railroad

Railway-station

ˈreɪl.weɪ ˌsteɪ.ʃən
noun

A place with one or more buildings and platforms where trains stop for people to get on or off

Usage examples:

A taxi had dropped him and his luggage at the main railway station., birmingham new street railway …
noun

Railways considered collectively; the railway industry.

adjective

Having no railway.

noun

A man who works on a railway.

Usage examples:

‘once a railwayman, always a railwayman,’ he said.
noun

A track made of steel rails along which trains run.

Usage examples:

Services were disrupted after an eight-year-old boy was spotted trespassing on the railway
noun

Clothing.

Usage examples:

Ladies clothed in raiment bedecked with jewels
noun

Clothing.

Usage examples:

Ladies clothed in raiment bedecked with jewels
noun

The condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling visibly in separate drops.

Usage examples:

The rain had not stopped for days
verb

Rain falls.

Usage examples:

It was beginning to rain

Water falling in drops from vapor in the atmosphere

phrase

Rain very hard.

Usage examples:

‘it'll be raining cats and dogs in a minute ‘she muttered to herself.’
idiom

A promise that an offer will be renewed in the future

noun

A ticket given for later use when a sporting fixture or other outdoor event is interrupted or postponed by rain.

Usage examples:

The course even gave each player a free rain check at the same cost as they had already paid for th…
phrase

Prevent someone from enjoying an event; spoil someone's plans.

Usage examples:

The space agency is anxiously awaiting its first manned flight in two and a half years, but will we…
idiom

To do something that spoils someone's plans

Usage examples:

I'm sorry to rain on your parade but you're not allowed to have alcohol on the premises.
idiom

Prevent or interrupt due to rain

phrasal verb

(of an event) be cancelled or terminated because of rain.

Usage examples:

The match was rained off
idiom

Rain heavily

phrase

Rain very hard.

Usage examples:

‘it'll be raining cats and dogs in a minute ‘she muttered to herself.’
noun

An absorption band in the solar spectrum caused by the presence of water vapour in the atmosphere, formerly taken as an indicator of rain.

noun

An absorption band in the solar spectrum caused by the presence of water vapour in the atmosphere, formerly taken as an indicator of rain.

noun

A bird that is said to foretell rain by its call, especially (in britain) the green woodpecker or (in south africa) a kind of coucal.

Usage examples:

It was a slightly glum day, the vivid blue of the sky partially hidden by overcast, and the silky g…
noun

A bird that is said to foretell rain by its call, especially (in britain) the green woodpecker or (in south africa) a kind of coucal.

Usage examples:

It was a slightly glum day, the vivid blue of the sky partially hidden by overcast, and the silky g…
noun

An arch of colours visible in the sky, caused by the refraction and dispersion of the sun's light by rain or other water droplets in the atmosphere. the colours of the rainbow are generally said to be red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

Usage examples:

All the colours of the rainbow
adjective

Consisting of or containing many different colours.

Usage examples:

A rainbow-like pattern on the glass

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