rail

Betekenis (Engels)

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. (Internet) 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.
10. The raised edge of the game board.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To travel by railway.
2. (transitive) To place on a track.
3. (transitive) To enclose with rails or a railing.
4. (transitive) To range in a line.
5. (slang, transitive, vulgar) To sexually penetrate in a rough manner.
6. (slang, transitive) To snort a line of powdered drugs.

Verb

To complain violently (against, about).

Verb

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

Concepten

rail

spoorstaaf

leuning

schelden

schimpen

slagboom

sport

stang

uitvaren

omheining

reling

afrasteren

omrasteren

rasterwerk

smalen

sporen

lasteren

lat

railing

plank

ral

Synoniemen

track

bar

railing

handrail

railroad

railway

fence

banister

inveigh

abuse

fulminate

rails

balustrade

revile

crake

train

🚋

vilify

runway

rail off

rail in

bannister

vituperate

denounce

crosspiece

slang

railroad rail

swear

scold

taunt

railway line

rant

parapet

orbit

rod

demonstrate

bollard

darn

curse

blow up

coulisse

groan

comb

blow

blast

gird

gibe

clobber

growl

guard

💂

get at

Vertalingen

rail

Schiene

Gleis

rotaia

Reling

carril

parapetto

trilho

binario

baranda

Ralle

Geländer

Bahn

rampe

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɹeɪl/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Latijn: rādō

In summary

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. Doublet of regal, regula, rigol, and rule.

Zinnen

It connected to an extensive rail layout .

Het verbond met een uitgebreide raillay -out.