rail in WordNet English dictionary

1. criticize severely
   "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"
   fulminate  rail 
   
2. complain bitterly
   rail  inveigh 
   
3. spread negative information about
   "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"
   vilify  revile  vituperate  rail 
   
4. fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
   "They are railing for fresh fish"
   rail 
   
5. lay with rails
   "hundreds of miles were railed out here"
   rail 
   
6. travel by rail or train
   "They railed from Rome to Venice"; "She trained to Hamburg"
   train  rail 
   
7. separate with a railing
   "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace"
   rail  rail off 
   
8. convey (goods etc.) by rails
   "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium"
   rail 
   
9. provide with rails
   "The yard was railed"
   rail 
   
10. enclose with rails
    "rail in the old graves"
    rail  rail in 
    

1. 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 
   
2. a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
   rail 
   
3. a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
   track  rail  rails  runway 
   
4. a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
   railing  rail 
   
5. short for railway
   "he traveled by rail"; "he was concerned with rail safety"
   rail