Definition of rail

"rail" in the noun sense

1. railing, rail

a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports

2. rail

short for railway

"he traveled by rail"

"he was concerned with rail safety"

3. track, rail, rails, runway

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

4. rail

a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)

5. rail

any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud

"rail" in the verb sense

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"

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Quotations for rail

Greedy misers rail at sordid misers. [ Helvetius ]

Say that she rail; why then I'll tell her plain.
She sings as sweetly as a nightingale;
Say that she frown; I'll say she looks as clear
As morning roses, newly washed with dew;
Say she be mute and will not speak a word,
Then I'll commend her volubility
And say she uttereth piercing eloquence. [ William Shakespeare ]

When you give others ill words, you rail at yourself. [ Proverb ]

They may rail at this life - from the hour I began it,
I've found it a life full of kindness and bliss;
And until they can show me some happier planet.
More social and bright, I'll content me with this. [ Moore ]

It is a sign of an ill cause to rail at your adversary. [ Proverb ]

Who can speak broader than he that has no house to put his head in? - Such may rail against great buildings. [ William Shakespeare ]

We do not like our friends the worse because they sometimes give us an opportunity to rail at them heartily. Their faults reconcile us to their virtues. [ Hazlitt ]

Of all the vices, avarice is the most generally detested; it is the effect of an avidity common to all men; it is because men hate those from whom they can expect nothing. The greedy misers rail at sordid misers. [ Helvetius ]

rail in Scrabble®

The word rail is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 4

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters rail:

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rail in Words With Friends™

The word rail is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 5

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters rail:

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Word Growth involving rail

Shorter words in rail

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Longer words containing rail

bedrail bedrails

brail brailed

brail brailing

brail braille brailled

brail braille brailler braillers

brail braille brailles

brail braille braillewriter braillewriters

brail brailling

brail braillist braillists

brail brails subrails

brail subrail subrails

checkrail checkrails

derail derailed

derail derailer derailers

derail derailing

derail derailleur derailleurs

derail derailment derailments

derail derails

derail siderail

frail frailer

frail frailest

frail frailly

frail frailness

frail frailties

frail frailty

grail grails

guardrail guardrails

handrail handrailing handrailings

handrail handrails

headrail headrails

monorail monorails

railcar railcars

railed brailed

railed derailed

railed trailed

railing brailing

railing derailing

railing handrailing handrailings

railing railings handrailings

railing trailing

railless trailless

raillike

railmount railmounted

railmount railmounting

railmount railmounts

railroad railroaded

railroad railroader railroaders

railroad railroading

railroad railroads

rails bedrails

rails brails subrails

rails checkrails

rails derails

rails grails

rails guardrails

rails handrails

rails headrails

rails monorails

rails railside

rails sliprails

rails toprails

rails trails breastrails

rails trails cantrails

rails trails contrails

rails trails entrails

rails trails footrails

railtour railtours

railway railwayless

railway railwayman

railway railwaymen

railway railways

railyard railyards

serail

sliprail sliprails

toprail toprails

trail breastrail breastrails

trail cantrail cantrails

trail contrail contrails

trail footrail footrails

trail trailblaze trailblazer trailblazers

trail trailblazing trailblazings

trail trailboard trailboards

trail trailbreaker trailbreakers

trail trailbreaking

trail trailed

trail trailer semitrailer semitrailers

trail trailer trailered

trail trailer trailering

trail trailer trailers semitrailers

trail trailhead trailheads

trail trailing

trail trailless

trail trailmaker trailmakers

trail trailmaking

trail trails breastrails

trail trails cantrails

trail trails contrails

trail trails entrails

trail trails footrails