rail
rail
reÉĒl
reil
/ɚˈe‍ÉĒl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "rail"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

a system of tracks for trains

rail definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Passenger travel by rail has increased in recent years.
02

āϰ⧇āϞ, āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•

a steel track on which trains run
rail definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Workers inspected the rail for any signs of wear or damage.
āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āϰāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāϰ āϕ⧋āύ āϞāĻ•ā§āώāϪ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϰ⧇āϞ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

any of numerous small wading birds in the family Rallidae, characterized by short wings and long toes for walking on soft mud

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A water rail was spotted in the marshland.
04

a single horizontal bar, usually made of wood or metal

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They replaced the broken rail in the backyard fence.
01

āĻœā§‹āϰāĻžāϞ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to strongly and angrily criticize or complain about something
Intransitive: to rail about sth | to rail against sth | to rail at sb
to rail definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Maria tends to rail against changes in the workplace, expressing her discontent openly.
āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻœā§‹āϰāĻžāϞ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖāϤāĻž āϰāĻžāϖ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧋āώ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻžāϖ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
02

āϰ⧇āϞāĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϰ⧇āϞāĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϏāϰāĻžāύ⧋

to transport or move items using a railway system
Transitive: to rail sth somewhere
to rail definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The logistics manager planned to rail the bulk of the inventory from the warehouse to the distribution center.
āϞāϜāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϏ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϜāĻžāϰ āϗ⧁āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰāĻŖ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇ āχāύāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāϰāĻŋāϰ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϰ⧇āϞ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āϰ⧇āϞ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ, āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āύ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to use a railway system as a mode of transportation
Intransitive: to rail | to rail somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The daily commuter prefers to rail to work, avoiding the stress of traffic congestion.
āĻĻ⧈āύāĻŋāĻ• āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āϝāĻžāύāϜāĻŸā§‡āϰ āϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡ āϰ⧇āϞ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
04

āϰ⧇āϞāĻŋāĻ‚ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧋, āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻœā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to install or furnish with a protective barrier or structure typically made of rails
Transitive: to rail a space
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The construction team will rail the staircase to meet building code requirements.
āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻĻāϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚ āϕ⧋āĻĄā§‡āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻĒā§‚āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻŋāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϰ⧇āϞāĻŋāĻ‚ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
05

āϰ⧇āϞāĻŋāĻ‚ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to surround or secure an area by installing railings or a barrier made of rails
Transitive: to rail a place
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
To protect the garden, the homeowners opted to rail the perimeter with a decorative metal fence.
āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇, āĻ—ā§ƒāĻšāĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻœā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āϧāĻžāϤāĻŦ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϧāĻŋ āĻ˜ā§‡āϰāĻžāĻ“ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

monorail
raillery
rail
App
āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ