rail

rail is a 4-letter English word with 28 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 5 · 28 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.
2. intransitive verb. To flow forth; to roll out; to course.
3. noun. A bar of timber or metal, usually horizontal or nearly so, extending from one post or support to another, as in fences, balustrades, staircases, etc.
4. noun. A horizontal piece in a frame or paneling. See Illust. of Style.
5. noun. A bar of steel or iron, forming part of the track on which the wheels roll. It is usually shaped with reference to vertical strength, and is held in place by chairs, splices, etc.
6. noun. The stout, narrow plank that forms the top of the bulwarks.
7. noun. The light, fencelike structures of wood or metal at the break of the deck, and elsewhere where such protection is needed.
8. transitive verb. To inclose with rails or a railing.
9. transitive verb. To range in a line.
10. verb. Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds of the family Rallidae, especially those of the genus Rallus, and of closely allied genera. They are prized as game birds.
11. intransitive verb. To use insolent and reproachful language; to utter reproaches; to scoff; -- followed by at or against, formerly by on.
12. transitive verb. To rail at.
13. transitive verb. To move or influence by railing.
14. noun. any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
15. noun. a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
16. noun. short for railway

    "he traveled by rail"

    "he was concerned with rail safety"

17. noun. a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports

    Synonyms: railing

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

    Synonyms: rails, runway, track

19. verb. criticize severely

    "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"

    "She railed against the bad social policies"

    Synonyms: fulminate

20. verb. spread negative information about

    "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"

    Synonyms: revile, vilify, vituperate

21. verb. complain bitterly

    Synonyms: inveigh

22. verb. fish with a handline over the rails of a boat

    "They are railing for fresh fish"

23. verb. lay with rails

    "hundreds of miles were railed out here"

24. verb. travel by rail or train

    "They railed from Rome to Venice"

    "She trained to Hamburg"

    Synonyms: train

25. verb. convey (goods etc.) by rails

    "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium"

26. verb. separate with a railing

    "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace"

27. verb. provide with rails

    "The yard was railed"

28. verb. enclose with rails

    "rail in the old graves"

Synonyms

railing, rails, runway, track, fulminate, revile, vilify, vituperate, inveigh, train

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in rail:

alir, aril, lair, lari, liar, lira, rial

Common word forms

rails, railed, railer, railly, railing, railless

Words from these letters

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