All English words - page 4709
nounMatters relating to or concerning railroads; trivia or artefacts connected with railroads.
nounThe action of travelling or working on the railways.
Usage examples:
Railroading was very dangerous in those days
verbRush or coerce (someone) into doing something.
Usage examples:
She hesitated, unwilling to be railroaded into a decision
nounA 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
verbRush or coerce (someone) into doing something.
Usage examples:
She hesitated, unwilling to be railroaded into a decision
nounA 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
verbProvide or enclose (a space or place) with a rail or rails.
Usage examples:
The altar is railed off from the nave
nounA 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.weɪnoun→ short-line railroad
Railway-station
ˈreɪl.weɪ ˌsteɪ.ʃənnounA 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 …
nounRailways considered collectively; the railway industry.
adjectiveHaving no railway.
nounA man who works on a railway.
Usage examples:
‘once a railwayman, always a railwayman,’ he said.
nounA 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
nounClothing.
Usage examples:
Ladies clothed in raiment bedecked with jewels
nounClothing.
Usage examples:
Ladies clothed in raiment bedecked with jewels
nounThe condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling visibly in separate drops.
Usage examples:
The rain had not stopped for days
verbRain falls.
Usage examples:
It was beginning to rain
Water falling in drops from vapor in the atmosphere
phraseRain very hard.
Usage examples:
‘it'll be raining cats and dogs in a minute ‘she muttered to herself.’
idiomA promise that an offer will be renewed in the future
nounA 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…
phrasePrevent 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…
idiomTo 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.
Rain out
reɪnidiomPrevent or interrupt due to rain
phrasal verb(of an event) be cancelled or terminated because of rain.
Usage examples:
The match was rained off
idiomRain heavily
phraseRain very hard.
Usage examples:
‘it'll be raining cats and dogs in a minute ‘she muttered to herself.’
nounAn absorption band in the solar spectrum caused by the presence of water vapour in the atmosphere, formerly taken as an indicator of rain.
nounAn absorption band in the solar spectrum caused by the presence of water vapour in the atmosphere, formerly taken as an indicator of rain.
nounA 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…
nounA 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…
nounAn 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
adjectiveConsisting of or containing many different colours.
Usage examples:
A rainbow-like pattern on the glass
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