adj
Meaning 1
That rails; engaged in or given to violent complaining.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
railing
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
/ˈɹeɪlɪŋ/
-
US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
-
rhymes with -eɪlɪŋ
-
CMU ARPABET: R EY1 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Filled with invective and violent complaints
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Blowing violently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A fence or barrier consisting of one or more horizontal rails and vertical supports.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- During the war, everyone's railings were taken away to make bombers.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
present participle and gerund of rail
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rail
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: barrier
Narrower terms: bar, fife rail, safety rail, guardrail, taffrail
noun
Meaning 7
material for making rails or rails collectively
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: material
History
Etymology
By surface analysis, rail + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: ճաղավանդակ (čaġavandak) — fence or barrier
- Armenian: բազրիք (bazrikʻ) — fence or barrier
- Basque: baranda — fence or barrier
- Bulgarian: парапет (parapet) — fence or barrier
- Chinese Mandarin: 欄杆 (lángān) — fence or barrier
- Czech: zábradlí — fence or barrier
- Danish: rækværk — fence or barrier
- Dutch: hekwerk — fence or barrier
- Esperanto: balustrado — fence or barrier
- Finnish: kaide — fence or barrier
- Finnish: rauta-aita — fence or barrier
- French: rampe — fence or barrier
- French: barrière — fence or barrier
- French: clôture — fence or barrier
- German: Geländer — fence or barrier
- Greek: κιγκλίδα (kigklída) — fence or barrier
- Greek: κιγκλίδωμα (kigklídoma) — fence or barrier
- Hebrew: מַעֲקֶה (ma'aké) — fence or barrier
- Hungarian: korlát — fence or barrier
- Ido: pasamano — fence or barrier
- Indonesian: pagar — fence or barrier
- Irish: ráille — fence or barrier
- Italian: ringhiera — fence or barrier
- Japanese: 手摺 (tesuri) — fence or barrier
- Japanese: 手すり (tesuri) — fence or barrier
- Latin: cancellī — fence or barrier
- Norman: bârrotîns — fence or barrier
- Norwegian Bokmål: rekkverk — fence or barrier
- Norwegian Bokmål: gelender — fence or barrier
- Norwegian Nynorsk: rekkverk — fence or barrier
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gelender — fence or barrier
- Occitan: barralha — fence or barrier
- Occitan: retenedor — fence or barrier
- Occitan: barrièra — fence or barrier
- Polish: reling — fence or barrier
- Portuguese: corrimão — fence or barrier
- Romanian: balustradă — fence or barrier
- Russian: пери́ла (períla) — fence or barrier
- Russian: по́ручень (póručenʹ) — fence or barrier
- Scottish Gaelic: callaid — fence or barrier
- Spanish: barandilla — fence or barrier
- Swedish: räcke — fence or barrier
- Swedish: staket — fence or barrier
- Telugu: కటకటాలు (kaṭakaṭālu) — fence or barrier
- Turkish: korkuluk — fence or barrier
- Ottoman Turkish: پرمقلق (parmaklık) — fence or barrier
Real reading context