rail

Sense 1 noun

a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports

Sense 2 verb

complain bitterly

Sense 3 noun

short for railway

he traveled by rail

Sense 4 verb

enclose with rails

rail in the old graves

Sense 5 noun

a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

Sense 6 verb

provide with rails

The yard was railed

Sense 7 noun

a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)

Sense 8 verb

separate with a railing

rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace

Sense 9 noun

any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud

Sense 10 verb

convey (goods etc.) by rails

fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium

Sense 11 verb

travel by rail or train

They railed from Rome to Venice

Sense 12 verb

lay with rails

hundreds of miles were railed out here

Sense 13 verb

fish with a handline over the rails of a boat

They are railing for fresh fish

Sense 14 verb

spread negative information about

The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews

Sense 15 verb

criticize severely

He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare