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