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▸ noun: (chiefly US) The transportation system comprising such tracks and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.
▸ noun: (chiefly US) A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such tracks and usually associated assets
▸ noun: (figuratively) A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.
▸ verb: (transitive) To transport via railroad.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To operate a railroad.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To work for a railroad.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To travel by railroad.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.
▸ verb: (transitive) To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.
▸ verb: (transitive) To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.
▸ verb: (transitive) To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.
▸ verb: (roleplaying games) To force players to follow the dungeon master's planned plot rather than improvise an alternative story.
▸ verb: (upholstery) To run fabric horizontally instead of the usual vertically.
▸ noun: A borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States, so-named for the Northern Central Railway.
▸ noun: A township in Starke County, Indiana, United States.
Similar:
railway,
railway line,
dragoon,
railroad line,
railway system,
railroader,
locomotive,
rail,
handcar,
roadbed,
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Types:
freight,
passenger,
high-speed,
commuter,
intercity,
monorail,
light rail,
subway,
heritage,
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