a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.

a fence; railing.

one of two fences marking the inside and outside boundaries of a racetrack.

one of a pair of steel bars that provide the running surfaces for the wheels of locomotives and railroad cars.

the railroad as a means of transportation

to travel by rail.

rails, stocks or bonds of railroad companies.

Nautical . a horizontal member capping a bulwark.

Carpentry, Furniture . any of various horizontal members framing panels or the like, as in a system of paneling, paneled door, window sash, or chest of drawers. Compare stile 2 .

Slang . a line of cocaine crystals or powder for inhaling through the nose.

to furnish or enclose with a rail or rails.

verb

compliment , praise

verb

abuse , attack , bawl out * , berate , blast , castigate , censure , chew out * , complain , fulminate , fume , inveigh , jaw , objurate , rant , rate , revile , scold , thunder , tongue-lash * , upbraid , vituperate , vociferate , whip