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- Dictionaryrail/rāl/
noun
- 1. a bar or series of bars, typically fixed on upright supports, serving as part of a fence or barrier or used to hang things on: "a curtain rail"
- 2. a steel bar or continuous line of bars laid on the ground as one of a pair forming a railroad track: "trolley rails"
verb
- 1. provide or enclose (a space or place) with a rail or rails: "the altar is railed off from the nave"
- 2. (in windsurfing) sail the board on its edge, so that it is at a sharp angle to the surface of the water: "the more you pull down on the boom, the more you rail"
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The meaning of RAIL is a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier. How to use rail in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Rail.
Rail definition: a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.. See examples of RAIL used in a sentence.
a horizontal bar fixed in position, especially to a wall or to vertical posts, used to close something off, as a support, or to hang things on: Will spectators please stay behind the rail? Hold onto the rail so that you don't fall. The (clothes) rail in her wardrobe was crammed full of dresses. Jon Boyes/GettyImages. More examples.
The verb rail means to criticize severely. When you rail against increased taxes at a town meeting, you speak openly and loudly about how wrong the increase is and point out the problems it will cause.
A rail is a horizontal bar attached to posts or fixed round the edge of something as a fence or support. They had to walk across an emergency footbridge, holding onto a rope that served as a rail. She gripped the thin rail in the lift. Synonyms: handle, railing, shaft, banister More Synonyms of rail. 2. countable noun.
1. a. A bar extending horizontally between supports, as in a fence. b. A structure made of such bars and supports and forming a barrier or guard; a railing. 2. A steel bar used, usually in pairs, as a track for railroad cars or other wheeled vehicles. 3. Sports A grind rail. 4. The railroad as a means of transportation: goods transported by rail.
Rail definition: A steel bar used, usually in pairs, as a track for railroad cars or other wheeled vehicles. Dictionary Thesaurus
rail. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Trains & railways, Household, Buildings, Clothes & fashion rail1 /reɪl/ S2 W2 noun 1 [uncountable] the railway system → train the American rail system a high-speed rail network Passengers want a better rail service. the Channel Tunnel and its rail links with London by rail ...
RAIL definition: 1. a horizontal bar on the wall that you hang things on: 2. a bar around or along something which…. Learn more.
1 to start behaving in a strange or unacceptable manner, for example, drinking a lot of alcohol or taking drugs She went completely off the rails after her sister died. 2 to lose control and stop functioning correctly The company has gone off the rails in recent years.
