Rail

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NOUN

a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports

short for railway

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

a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)

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

VERB

complain bitterly

enclose with rails

provide with rails

separate with a railing

convey (goods etc.) by rails

travel by rail or train

lay with rails

fish with a handline over the rails of a boat

spread negative information about

criticize severely

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