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name
A borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States, so-named for the Northern Central Railway.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A township in Starke County, Indiana, United States.
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noun
A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines, US
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noun
The transportation system comprising such tracks and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such tracks and usually associated assets
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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verb
To transport via railroad.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To operate a railroad.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To work for a railroad.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
To travel by railroad.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To force players to follow the dungeon master's planned plot rather than improvise an alternative story.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: roleplaying games
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verb
To run fabric horizontally instead of the usual vertically.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: upholstery
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noun
a line of track providing a runway for wheels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: railroad track, railway
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Broader terms: track
Narrower terms: broad gauge, gantlet, narrow gauge, siding, railroad siding, turnout, sidetrack, standard gauge, switch
noun
line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: railway, railroad line, railway line, railway system
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Broader terms: line
Narrower terms: cable railway, funicular, funicular railway, cog railway, rack railway, elevated railway, elevated railroad, elevated, el, overhead railway, metro, tube, underground, subway system, subway, monorail, rail, scenic railway
verb
transport by railroad
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: transport, send, ship
verb
supply with railroad lines
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: supply, provide, render, furnish
verb
compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: dragoon, sandbag
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Broader terms: coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
History
From rail + road.
Across languages
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