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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rail1 /reɪl/USA pronunciation n. - Building[countable] a bar, as of wood or metal, attached and used for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Rail Transport[countable] one of a pair of long, parallel and continuous steel bars on which the wheels of trains run.
- Rail Transport the railroad as a means of transportation:[uncountable]to travel by rail.
rail2 /reɪl/USA pronunciation v. - to say or make bitter complaints or protests about: [no object; (~ + at + object)]He railed at his unfortunate fate.[~ + that clause]He railed that nobody liked him.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rail1 (rāl),USA pronunciation n. - Buildinga bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Buildinga fence;
railing. - Sportone of two fences marking the inside and outside boundaries of a racetrack.
- Rail Transportone of a pair of steel bars that provide the running surfaces for the wheels of locomotives and railroad cars. See illus. under flange.
- Rail Transportthe railroad as a means of transportation:to travel by rail.
- rails, stocks or bonds of railroad companies.
- Naval Terms[Naut.]a horizontal member capping a bulwark.
- Building, Building[Carpentry, Furniture.]any of various horizontal members framing panels or the like, as in a system of paneling, paneled door, window sash, or chest of drawers. Cf. stile 2.
- Slang Termsa line of cocaine crystals or powder for inhaling through the nose.
v.t. - to furnish or enclose with a rail or rails.
- Latin rēgula bar, straight piece of wood, regula
- Old French raille bar, beam
- Middle English raile 1250–1300
- to utter bitter complaint or vehement denunciation (often fol. by at or against):to rail at fate.
v.t. - to bring, force, etc., by railing.
- Vulgar Latin *ragulāre, derivative of Late Latin ragere to bray
- Provencal ralhar to chatter
- Middle French railler to deride
- late Middle English railen 1425–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fulminate, inveigh, castigate, rant, revile.
rail3 (rāl),USA pronunciation n. - Birdsany of numerous birds of the family Rallidae, that have short wings, a narrow body, long toes, and a harsh cry and inhabit grasslands, forests, and marshes in most parts of the world.
- Vulgar Latin *rāsiculāre frequentative of Latin rādere (past participle rāsus) to scratch
- Old French raale (cognate with Provencal rascla), noun, nominal derivative of raler
- late Middle English rale 1400–50
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