noun🔗ShareA permanent road consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on."Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land - and/or water roads"vehiclemachineindustrytechnologysystemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe transportation system comprising such roads and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train."The railroad transported many students to their school each morning. "vehiclesystemtechnologyindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such roads and usually associated assets"Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each-other"propertyutilityvehicleindustrybusinessmachinesystemtechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA procedure conducted in haste without due consideration."The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed."politicsgovernmentactionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo transport via railroad."The company railroads its employees to the distant factory every morning. "vehicleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo operate a railroad."The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly"vehicleindustrymachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo work for a railroad."My grandfather railroadÂed for the Southern Pacific for over thirty years. "jobworkindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo travel by railroad."We will railroad to the countryside for our family picnic. "vehiclewayChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads."My brother railroads, collecting model train sets and meticulously arranging them on a large layout. "vehicleentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution."The majority railroaded the bill through parliament, without the customary expert studies which would delay it till after the elections."politicsgovernmentlawactionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo convict of a crime by circumventing due process."They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges."governmentlawpoliticsrightguiltstateactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement."He was railroaded into signing a non-disclosure agreement at his exit interview."politicsgovernmentlawactionsocietyorganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo force characters to complete a task before allowing the plot to continue."The teacher railroading the students into finishing the project before recess meant they had no time to properly research. "storywritingentertainmentliteraturecharacterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(upholstery) To run fabric horizontally instead of the usual vertically."The seamstress is railroading the fabric on the new curtains, making the stripes run across instead of up and down. "materialstyleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading