Dictionary definition · rail
noun
- a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
- short for railway"he traveled by rail"
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
- any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
verb
- complain bitterly
- enclose with rails"rail in the old graves"
- provide with rails"The yard was railed"
- separate with a railing"rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace"
- convey (goods etc.) by rails"fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium"
- travel by rail or train"They railed from Rome to Venice"
- lay with rails"hundreds of miles were railed out here"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).