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Rail

reɪl

Rail definitions
noun
rail rails
  1. a bar or series of bars fixed on upright supports or attached to a wall or ceiling, serving as part of a barrier or used to hang things on

    "a curtain rail"

    • the inside boundary fence of a racecourse
  2. a steel bar or continuous line of bars laid on the ground as one of a pair forming a railway track

    "the goods train left the rails"

    • railways as a means of transport

      "rail fares"

  3. the edge of a surfboard or sailboard
  4. a horizontal piece in the frame of a panelled door or sash window
  5. a conductor which is maintained at a fixed potential and to which other parts of a circuit are connected

    "the anode must be connected to the positive supply rail"

verb
rail railed railing rails
  1. provide or enclose (a space or place) with a rail or rails

    "the altar is railed off from the nave"

  2. convey (goods) by rail

    "perishables were railed into Manhattan"

  3. (in windsurfing) sail the board on its edge

    "the more you pull down on the boom, the more you rail"

  4. (of a man) have vigorous penetrative sex with (someone)