rail :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (7)

n. short for railway; "he traveled by rail"; "he was concerned with rail safety"

n. a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)

n. any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud

n. a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

Verbs (5)

v. fish with a handline over the rails of a boat; "They are railing for fresh fish"

v. complain bitterly

v. travel by rail or train; "They railed from Rome to Venice"; "She trained to Hamburg"

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Fuzzynyms (17)

v. burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle exploded"

v. become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied"

v. bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery"

v. start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"

v. compel or force into a particular state or activity; "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence"

v. act as a critic; "Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either"

v. express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts"

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