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rail
reɪl Listen
Meanings
noun
  • 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.
    E.g. a curtain rail
  • a steel bar or continuous line of bars laid on the ground as one of a pair forming a railway track.
    E.g. the goods train left the rails
  • the edge of a surfboard or sailboard.
  • a horizontal piece in the frame of a panelled door or sash window.
  • a conductor which is maintained at a fixed potential and to which other parts of a circuit are connected.
    E.g. the anode must be connected to the positive supply rail
verb
  • provide or enclose (a space or place) with a rail or rails.
    E.g. the altar is railed off from the nave
  • convey (goods) by rail.
    E.g. perishables were railed into Manhattan
  • (in windsurfing) sail the board on its edge.
    E.g. the more you pull down on the boom, the more you rail
verb
  • complain or protest strongly and persistently about.
    E.g. he railed at human fickleness
noun
  • a secretive bird with drab grey and brown plumage, typically having a long bill and found in dense waterside vegetation.
sora
ˈsɔːrə Listen
Meanings
noun
  • a common small brown and grey American crake (bird), frequenting marshes.

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