Definition of "rail" in Anglais

noun

1. A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.

2. The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.

3. A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.

   • We travelled to the seaside by rail.
   • a small Scottish village not accessible by rail
   • rail transport

4. (electronics) A conductor maintained at a fixed electrical potential relative to ground, to which other circuit components are connected.

   • ISA devices draw power from the +5 V, −5 V, +12 V, and −12 V rails of the power supply unit.

5. A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.

6. (surfing) One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.

   • Rails alone can only ever have a marginal effect on a board's general turning ability.

7. (Internet) A vertical section on one side of a web page.

   • We're experimenting with ads in the right-hand rail.

8. (drugs) A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).

9. Each of two vertical side bars supporting the rungs of a ladder.

10. (backgammon) The raised edge of the game board.

verb

1. (intransitive) To travel by railway.

2. (transitive, rail transport, of rolling stock) To place on a track.

3. (transitive) To enclose with rails or a railing.

4. (transitive) To range in a line.

5. (transitive, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate in a rough manner.

6. (transitive, slang, drugs) To snort a line of powdered drugs.

noun

1. Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.

verb

1. To complain violently (against, about).

   • The Major’s fury clothed and reclothed itself in words as frantically as a woman up in town for one day’s shopping tries on a succession of garments. He reviled and railed at fate and the general scheme of things, he pitied himself with a strong, deep pity too poignant for tears, he condemned every one with whom he had ever come in contact to endless and abnormal punishments.

noun

1. (obsolete) An item of clothing; a cloak or other garment; a dress.

2. (obsolete) Specifically, a woman's headscarf or neckerchief.