· a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports

Synonym(s): railing

Hypernym(s): barrier

· short for railway; "he traveled by rail"; "he was concerned with rail safety"

Hypernym(s): railway, railroad, railroad_line, railway_line, railway_system

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

Synonym(s): track, rails, runway

Hypernym(s): bar

· a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)

Hypernym(s): bar

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

Hypernym(s): wading_bird, wader

· complain bitterly

Synonym(s): inveigh

Hypernym(s): complain, kick, plain, sound_off, quetch, kvetch

· enclose with rails; "rail in the old graves"

Synonym(s): rail_in

Hypernym(s): enclose, hold_in, confine

· provide with rails; "The yard was railed"

Hypernym(s): supply, provide, render, furnish

· separate with a railing; "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace"

Synonym(s): rail_off

Hypernym(s): separate, divide

· convey (goods etc.) by rails; "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium"

Hypernym(s): transport

· travel by rail or train; "They railed from Rome to Venice"; "She trained to Hamburg"

Synonym(s): train

Hypernym(s): ride

· lay with rails; "hundreds of miles were railed out here"

Hypernym(s): lay, put_down, repose

· fish with a handline over the rails of a boat; "They are railing for fresh fish"

Hypernym(s): fish

· spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"

Synonym(s): vilify, revile, vituperate

Hypernym(s): abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout

· criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"

Synonym(s): fulminate

Hypernym(s): denounce