1. (

• railing ,
• rail ,

) a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports ;

2. (

• railing ,

) material for making rails or rails collectively ;

1. (

• rail ,
• inveigh

) complain bitterly ;

2. (

• rail ,
• rail_in

) enclose with rails; "rail in the old graves" ;

3. (

• rail

) provide with rails; "The yard was railed" ;

4. (

• rail ,
• rail_off

) separate with a railing; "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace" ;

5. (

• rail ,

) convey (goods etc.) by rails; "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium" ;

6. (

• train ,
• rail

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

7. (

• rail ,

) lay with rails; "hundreds of miles were railed out here" ;

8. (

• rail

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

9. (

• vilify ,
• revile ,
• vituperate ,
• rail ,

) spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews" ;

10. (

• fulminate ,
• rail ,

) criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies" ;