'rail' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'rail' with 7 example sentences.
- rail noun
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: 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
- rail verb
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: 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
The town is accessible by rail.
The train went off the rails.
The car crashed into the guard-rail and rolled down the hill.
She was as thin as a rail.
I cross the rail tracks every morning.
He was leaning against the rail.
The UK must improve the problems with its rail network.