rail

Signification

Noun

1. A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
2. The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.
3. A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
4. A conductor maintained at a fixed electrical potential relative to ground, to which other circuit components are connected.
5. A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
6. One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
7. A vertical section on one side of a web page.
8. A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).
9. Each of two vertical side bars supporting the rungs of a ladder.

Verb

1. To travel by railway.
2. To place on a track.
3. To enclose with rails or a railing.
4. To range in a line.
5. (slang) To sexually penetrate in a rough manner.

Verb

To complain violently (against, about).

Verb

1. (obsolete) To gush; to flow.
2. (obsolete) To blow.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɹeɪl/

Étymologie

From Middle English rail, rayl, *reȝel, *reȝol (found in reȝolsticke (“a ruler”)), partly from Old English regol (“a ruler, straight bar”) and partly from Old French reille; both from Latin regula (“rule, bar”), from regō (“to rule, to guide, to govern”); see regular.