What is the meaning of railing?

noun

  • A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
  • Material for making rails or rails collectively.

verb

  • Complain bitterly.
  • Enclose with rails.
    • usage: "rail in the old graves"
  • Provide with rails.
    • usage: "The yard was railed"
  • Separate with a railing.
    • usage: "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace"
  • Convey (goods etc.) by rails.
    • usage: "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium"
  • Travel by rail or train.
    • usage: "They railed from Rome to Venice"; "She trained to Hamburg"
  • Lay with rails.
    • usage: "hundreds of miles were railed out here"
  • Fish with a handline over the rails of a boat.
    • usage: "They are railing for fresh fish"
  • Spread negative information about.
    • usage: "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"
  • Criticize severely.
    • usage: "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"
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