rail

Meaning

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.

Concepts

rail

track

bar

railing

handrail

railway

railroad

banister

fence

inveigh

revile

balustrade

fulminate

rails

abuse

vilify

vituperate

train

rail off

rail in

runway

crake

bannister

crosspiece

denounce

rant

scold

slang

orbit

taunt

railroad rail

railway line

parapet

rod

swear

railroad tracks

moorhen

curse

rave

snarl

railwayman

railway shares

rail shares

dragster

waterfowl

scold angrily

use abusive language

metals

path [n[

rack

ferule

switch

twig

wattle

withe

baluster

lattice

insult

inveigle

revise

deride

fleer

flout

gibe

gird

jeer

pish

scoff

sneer

hand rail

handhold

cross tie

tool bar

ledge

transome

way

orbital

path

steel rail

railway rail

speak

tell

fence in

hedge

barrier

hurdle

balusters

coulisse

diss

malign

calumniate

slander

streetcar track

tramline

tramway

water hen

railroad track

pole

stick

foam

froth

lather

roil

spume

suds

groan

moan

guardrail

door bolt

demonstrate

object

protest

runner

guard

bollard

post

stake

be on at

ban

bawl out

be after

be at

be down on

berate

blast

blow

blow up

bring up

bullyrag

bum-rap

call down

call over the coals

cant

chastise

chide

clobber

comb

comb down

come down on

darn

drub

get after

get at

give somebody hell

give someone hell

growl

haze

inveigh against

jump on

lay someone out

let into

mag

miscall

objurgate

rail against

rip into

row

scold for

scorch

skin

slangwhang

strafe

swear at

take apart

tee off

throw mud at

throw up

whip

yaff

blast on someone

chew somebody's ass out

get on somebody's ass

lay out someone

sling mud at

сall names

go off at smb.

give fits

bust chops

give somebody shit

trash someone

cut a beef

utter imprecations

tell someone Off

claw away

deal it out

go crook

ass-kick

let go with

give someone a tongue-lashing

ballock somebody

bollock somebody

give curry

ride a pony

slap someone's wrist

edge

frame

railway track

owl

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹeɪl/

Etymology

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.