| rail | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. rail, railing | a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports. |
| ~ balusters, balustrade, banister, handrail, bannister | a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling. |
| ~ bar | (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried.; "spectators were not allowed past the bar" |
| ~ barrier | a structure or object that impedes free movement. |
| ~ fife rail | the railing surrounding the mast of a sailing vessel. |
| ~ ledger board | top rail of a fence or balustrade. |
| ~ guardrail, safety rail | a railing placed alongside a stairway or road for safety. |
| ~ taffrail | the railing around the stern of a ship. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. rail | short for railway.; "he traveled by rail"; "he was concerned with rail safety" |
| ~ railroad, railroad line, railway, railway line, railway system | line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. rail, rails, runway, track | a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll. |
| ~ bar | a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon.; "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape" |
| ~ railroad track, railroad, railway | a line of track providing a runway for wheels.; "he walked along the railroad track" |
| ~ third rail | a rail through which electric current is supplied to an electric locomotive. |
| ~ streetcar track, tramline, tramway | the track on which trams or streetcars run. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. rail | a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal). |
| ~ bar | a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon.; "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape" |
| ~ hitching bar, hitchrack | a fixed horizontal rail to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying. |
| ~ ledger board | top rail of a fence or balustrade. |
| ~ picture rail | rail fixed to a wall for hanging pictures. |
| ~ plate rail | rail or narrow shelf fixed to a wall to display plates. |
| ~ fence rail, split rail | a rail that is split from a log. |
| n. (animal) | 5. rail | any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud. |
| ~ wader, wading bird | any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food. |
| ~ family rallidae, rallidae | rails; crakes; gallinules; coots. |
| ~ maori hen, weka, wood hen | flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting. |
| ~ crake | any of several short-billed Old World rails. |
| ~ notornis, notornis mantelli, takahe | flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules. |
| ~ coot | slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks. |
| v. (communication) | 6. inveigh, rail | complain bitterly. |
| ~ complain, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off, kick | express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness.; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about" |
| v. (stative) | 7. rail, rail in | enclose with rails.; "rail in the old graves" |
| ~ hold in, enclose, confine | close in.; "darkness enclosed him" |
| v. (possession) | 8. rail | provide with rails.; "The yard was railed" |
| ~ architecture | the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect. |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| v. (motion) | 9. rail, rail off | separate with a railing.; "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace" |
| ~ divide, separate | make a division or separation. |
| v. (motion) | 10. rail | convey (goods etc.) by rails.; "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium" |
| ~ transport | move something or somebody around; usually over long distances. |
| v. (motion) | 11. rail, train | travel by rail or train.; "They railed from Rome to Venice"; "She trained to Hamburg" |
| ~ ride | be carried or travel on or in a vehicle.; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day" |
| v. (contact) | 12. rail | lay with rails.; "hundreds of miles were railed out here" |
| ~ lay, put down, repose | put in a horizontal position.; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" |
| v. (competition) | 13. rail | fish with a handline over the rails of a boat.; "They are railing for fresh fish" |
| ~ fish | catch or try to catch fish or shellfish.; "I like to go fishing on weekends" |
| v. (communication) | 14. rail, revile, vilify, vituperate | spread negative information about.; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews" |
| ~ blackguard, clapperclaw, abuse, shout | use foul or abusive language towards.; "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher" |
| v. (communication) | 15. fulminate, rail | criticize severely.; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies" |
| ~ denounce | speak out against.; "He denounced the Nazis" |
| railroad | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. railroad, railroad line, railway, railway line, railway system | line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight. |
| ~ cable railway, funicular, funicular railway | a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars. |
| ~ cog railway, rack railway | railway for steep mountains; a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction. |
| ~ elevated, elevated railroad, elevated railway, overhead railway, el | a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level. |
| ~ line | a commercial organization serving as a common carrier. |
| ~ metro, subway, subway system, underground, tube | an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city).; "in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'" |
| ~ monorail | a railway having a single track. |
| ~ rail | short for railway.; "he traveled by rail"; "he was concerned with rail safety" |
| ~ scenic railway | small railway in an amusement park. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. railroad, railroad track, railway | a line of track providing a runway for wheels.; "he walked along the railroad track" |
| ~ broad gauge | a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard 56.5 inches. |
| ~ gantlet | the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times. |
| ~ rail line, railway line, line | the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed. |
| ~ narrow gauge | a railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard 56.5 inches. |
| ~ railroad siding, sidetrack, siding, turnout | a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass. |
| ~ standard gauge | railroad track having the standard width of 56.5 inches. |
| ~ switch | railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock. |
| ~ crosstie, railroad tie, sleeper, tie | one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track.; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" |
| ~ rails, runway, rail, track | a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll. |
| ~ track | a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels. |
| v. (social) | 3. dragoon, railroad, sandbag | compel by coercion, threats, or crude means.; "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone" |
| ~ coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze | to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :.; "She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information" |
| v. (possession) | 4. railroad | supply with railroad lines.; "railroad the West" |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| v. (motion) | 5. railroad | transport by railroad. |
| ~ ship, send, transport | transport commercially. |
| railway | | |
| track | | |
| n. (object) | 1. course, path, track | a line or route along which something travels or moves.; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river" |
| ~ line | a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent. |
| ~ collision course | a course of a moving object that will lead to a collision if it continues unchanged. |
| ~ inside track | the inner side of a curved racecourse. |
| ~ round | the course along which communications spread.; "the story is going the rounds in Washington" |
| ~ steps | the course along which a person has walked or is walking in.; "I followed in his steps"; "he retraced his steps"; "his steps turned toward home" |
| ~ swath, belt | a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing). |
| ~ trail | a track or mark left by something that has passed.; "there as a trail of blood"; "a tear left its trail on her cheek" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. lead, track, trail | evidence pointing to a possible solution.; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator" |
| ~ evidence, grounds | your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief.; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. track | a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels. |
| ~ artefact, artifact | a man-made object taken as a whole. |
| ~ railroad track, railroad, railway | a line of track providing a runway for wheels.; "he walked along the railroad track" |
| ~ streetcar track, tramline, tramway | the track on which trams or streetcars run. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. racecourse, racetrack, raceway, track | a course over which races are run. |
| ~ cinder track | a racetrack paved with fine cinders. |
| ~ course | facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport.; "the course had only nine holes"; "the course was less than a mile" |
| ~ dirt track | a racetrack that is not paved. |
| ~ racing circuit, circuit | a racetrack for automobile races. |
| ~ speedway | a racetrack for racing automobiles or motorcycles. |
| ~ stretch | a straightaway section of a racetrack. |
| ~ velodrome | a banked oval track for bicycle or motorcycle racing. |
| ~ inside track | the inner side of a curved racecourse. |
| n. (communication) | 5. cut, track | a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc.; "he played the first cut on the cd"; "the title track of the album" |
| ~ excerpt, excerption, extract, selection | a passage selected from a larger work.; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" |
| n. (artifact) | 6. caterpillar track, caterpillar tread, track | an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground. |
| ~ belt | endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys. |
| ~ half track | a track that goes around only rear wheels. |
| ~ tracked vehicle | a self-propelled vehicle that moves on tracks. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. data track, track | (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data. |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| ~ itinerary, route, path | an established line of travel or access. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. track | a groove on a phonograph recording. |
| ~ groove, channel | a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record). |
| n. (artifact) | 9. cart track, cartroad, track | any road or path affording passage especially a rough one. |
| ~ portage | overland track between navigable waterways. |
| ~ road, route | an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation. |
| ~ trail | a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country. |
| n. (act) | 10. running, track | the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track. |
| ~ track and field | participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it. |
| ~ track meet | a track and field competition between two or more teams. |
| v. (motion) | 11. track | carry on the feet and deposit.; "track mud into the house" |
| ~ bring in, introduce | bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment.; "He brought in a new judge"; "The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor" |
| v. (perception) | 12. track | observe or plot the moving path of something.; "track a missile" |
| ~ observe | watch attentively.; "Please observe the reaction of these two chemicals" |
| v. (motion) | 13. chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track, trail | go after with the intent to catch.; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" |
| ~ tree | chase an animal up a tree.; "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels" |
| ~ pursue, follow | follow in or as if in pursuit.; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life" |
| ~ quest | search the trail of (game).; "The dog went off and quested" |
| ~ hound, hunt, trace | pursue or chase relentlessly.; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him" |
| ~ run down | pursue until captured.; "They ran down the fugitive" |
| v. (motion) | 14. cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse | travel across or pass over.; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" |
| ~ tramp | cross on foot.; "We had to tramp the creeks" |
| ~ stride | cover or traverse by taking long steps.; "She strode several miles towards the woods" |
| ~ walk | traverse or cover by walking.; "Walk the tightrope"; "Paul walked the streets of Damascus"; "She walks 3 miles every day" |
| ~ crisscross | cross in a pattern, often random. |
| ~ ford | cross a river where it's shallow. |
| ~ bridge | cross over on a bridge. |
| ~ jaywalk | cross the road at a red light. |
| ~ drive, take | proceed along in a vehicle.; "We drive the turnpike to work" |
| ~ go across, pass, go through | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
| ~ course | move swiftly through or over.; "ships coursing the Atlantic" |
| ~ hop | traverse as if by a short airplane trip.; "Hop the Pacific Ocean" |
| v. (creation) | 15. track | make tracks upon. |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| release | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. release | merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film).; "a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra" |
| ~ merchandise, product, ware | commodities offered for sale.; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products" |
| n. (act) | 2. freeing, liberation, release | the act of liberating someone or something. |
| ~ accomplishment, achievement | the action of accomplishing something. |
| ~ jail delivery | the use of force to liberate prisoners. |
| ~ deregulating, deregulation | the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations). |
| ~ relief | the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged.; "he asked for troops for the relief of Atlanta" |
| ~ disentanglement, extrication, unsnarling, untangling | the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition. |
| ~ emancipation | freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child. |
| ~ clearing | the act of freeing from suspicion. |
| ~ manumission | the formal act of freeing from slavery.; "he believed in the manumission of the slaves" |
| ~ parole | (law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with. |
| ~ probation | (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court.; "probation is part of the sentencing process" |
| n. (process) | 3. release | a process that liberates or discharges something.; "there was a sudden release of oxygen"; "the release of iodine from the thyroid gland" |
| ~ emission | the release of electrons from parent atoms. |
| ~ natural action, natural process, action, activity | a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).; "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity" |
| n. (communication) | 4. handout, press release, release | an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation. |
| ~ promulgation, announcement | a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen.; "the announcement appeared in the local newspaper"; "the promulgation was written in English" |
| n. (act) | 5. discharge, dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking | the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart). |
| ~ superannuation | the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension). |
| ~ ending, termination, conclusion | the act of ending something.; "the termination of the agreement" |
| ~ conge, congee | an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal. |
| ~ removal | dismissal from office. |
| ~ deactivation, inactivation | breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges). |
| ~ honorable discharge | a discharge from the armed forces with a commendable record. |
| ~ dishonorable discharge | a discharge from the armed forces for a grave offense (as sabotage or espionage or cowardice or murder). |
| ~ section eight | a discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable. |
| n. (event) | 6. departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, passing, release | euphemistic expressions for death.; "thousands mourned his passing" |
| ~ euphemism | an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh. |
| ~ death, decease, expiry | the event of dying or departure from life.; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren" |
| n. (communication) | 7. acquittance, release | a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation. |
| ~ legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument | (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| n. (artifact) | 8. button, release | a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism. |
| ~ device | an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose.; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" |
| n. (act) | 9. outlet, release, vent | activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion.; "she had no other outlet for her feelings"; "he gave vent to his anger" |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| n. (act) | 10. release, spill, spillage | the act of allowing a fluid to escape. |
| ~ flow, stream | the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression. |
| n. (act) | 11. discharge, release, waiver | a formal written statement of relinquishment. |
| ~ relinquishing, relinquishment | the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.. |
| ~ granting immunity, exemption, immunity | an act exempting someone.; "he was granted immunity from prosecution" |
| n. (act) | 12. release, tone ending | (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone. |
| ~ ending, termination, conclusion | the act of ending something.; "the termination of the agreement" |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| ~ plosion, explosion | the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant. |
| v. (contact) | 13. let go, let go of, release, relinquish | release, as from one's grip.; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall" |
| ~ muster out, discharge | release from military service. |
| ~ unclasp | release from a clasp.; "She clasped and unclasped her hands" |
| ~ pop | release suddenly.; "pop the clutch" |
| ~ toggle | release by a toggle switch.; "toggle a bomb from an airplane" |
| ~ unhand | remove the hand from. |
| ~ bring out, let out | bring out of a specific state. |
| ~ unleash | release or vent.; "unleash one's anger" |
| ~ let loose, loose, unleash | turn loose or free from restraint.; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity" |
| ~ unleash | release from a leash.; "unleash the dogs in the park" |
| ~ disengage, withdraw | release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles.; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears" |
| v. (social) | 14. free, liberate, loose, release, unloose, unloosen | grant freedom to; free from confinement. |
| ~ unspell | release from a spell. |
| ~ unchain | make free. |
| ~ bail | release after a security has been paid. |
| ~ run | set animals loose to graze. |
| ~ bail out | free on bail. |
| ~ parole | release a criminal from detention and place him on parole.; "The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison" |
| v. (contact) | 15. release, turn | let (something) fall or spill from a container.; "turn the flour onto a plate" |
| ~ channel, channelise, channelize, transmit, transport, transfer | send from one person or place to another.; "transmit a message" |
| ~ deflate | release contained air or gas from.; "deflate the air mattress" |
| ~ throw | throw (a die) out onto a flat surface.; "Throw a six" |
| v. (communication) | 16. bring out, issue, publish, put out, release | prepare and issue for public distribution or sale.; "publish a magazine or newspaper" |
| ~ publicize, bare, publicise, air | make public.; "She aired her opinions on welfare" |
| ~ edit | supervise the publication of.; "The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years" |
| v. (body) | 17. discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release | eliminate (a substance).; "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas" |
| ~ cough out, cough up, expectorate, spit up, spit out | discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth. |
| ~ blow | free of obstruction by blowing air through.; "blow one's nose" |
| ~ ejaculate | eject semen. |
| ~ abort | terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion. |
| ~ ovulate | produce and discharge eggs.; "women ovulate about once every month" |
| ~ egest, excrete, eliminate, pass | eliminate from the body.; "Pass a kidney stone" |
| ~ bleed, hemorrhage, shed blood | lose blood from one's body. |
| ~ eruct, spew out, spew | eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical.; "the volcano spews out molten rocks every day"; "The editors of the paper spew out hostile articles about the Presidential candidate" |
| ~ fester, suppurate, maturate | ripen and generate pus.; "her wounds are festering" |
| ~ emit, pass off, breathe | expel (gases or odors). |
| v. (body) | 18. release, secrete | generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids.; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream" |
| ~ exudate, exude, ooze out, transude, ooze | release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities.; "exude sweat through the pores" |
| ~ water | secrete or form water, as tears or saliva.; "My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner"; "His eyes watered" |
| v. (social) | 19. free, release | make (information) available for publication.; "release the list with the names of the prisoners" |
| ~ issue, supply | circulate or distribute or equip with.; "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds" |
| ~ declassify | lift the restriction on and make available again.; "reclassify the documents" |
| v. (possession) | 20. free, give up, release, relinquish, resign | part with a possession or right.; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" |
| ~ hand, pass on, turn over, pass, reach, give | place into the hands or custody of.; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" |
| ~ derequisition | release from government control. |
| ~ sacrifice, give | endure the loss of.; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war" |
| v. (creation) | 21. free, liberate, release | release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition. |
| ~ chemical science, chemistry | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions. |
| ~ bring forth, generate | bring into existence.; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; "The computer generated this image"; "The earthquake generated a tsunami" |
| v. (change) | 22. free, release, unblock, unfreeze | make (assets) available.; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account" |
| ~ issue, supply | circulate or distribute or equip with.; "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds" |
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