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Words with a similar base: rail, rail_in, rail_off, railing, rails

'rail'

[railing.n.01] as in: a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports

'rail'

[rail.n.02] as in: short for railway

Examples:
he traveled by rail
he was concerned with rail safety

'rail'

[track.n.09] as in: a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

'rail'

[rail.n.04] as in: a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)

'rail'

[rail.n.05] as in: any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud

'rail'

[rail.v.01] as in: complain bitterly

'rail'

[rail.v.02] as in: enclose with rails

Examples:
rail in the old graves

'rail'

[rail.v.03] as in: provide with rails

Examples:
The yard was railed

'rail'

[rail.v.04] as in: separate with a railing

Examples:
rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace

'rail'

[rail.v.05] as in: convey (goods etc.)

by rails

Examples:
fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium

'rail'

[train.v.10] as in: travel by rail or train

Examples:
They railed from Rome to Venice
She trained to Hamburg

'rail'

[rail.v.07] as in: lay with rails

Examples:
hundreds of miles were railed out here

'rail'

[rail.v.08] as in: fish with a handline over the rails of a boat

Examples:
They are railing for fresh fish

'rail'

[vilify.v.01] as in: spread negative information about

Examples:
The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews

'rail'

[fulminate.v.01] as in: criticize severely

Examples:
He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare
She railed against the bad social policies

Origins

					rail (English)
├── hrægl (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
├── railler (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
├── reille (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
└── râle (French)
    └── râler (French)