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"vehicletechnologyindustryChat 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 railroads carried many commuters to work every morning. "vehiclesystemindustryChat 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"propertyassetvehicleindustryChat 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."processactiongovernmentpoliticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo transport via railroad."The company plans to railroad the new cars from the factory to the distribution centers. "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"vehicletechnologyindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo work for a railroad."My grandfather used to railroad for the Union Pacific. "jobindustryworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo travel by railroad."We plan to railroads across the country next summer for our family vacation. "vehicleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads."My grandfather really railroads; he spends hours building model trains and researching railway history. "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."lawgovernmentpoliticsChat 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."politicsgovernmentlawbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo force characters to complete a task before allowing the plot to continue."The teacher railroaded us into finishing the group project by threatening to lower everyone's grade if even one person didn't participate. "storyentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(upholstery) To run fabric horizontally instead of the usual vertically."To make the sofa more modern, the upholsterer decided to railroad the fabric, running its pattern horizontally across the back. "materialtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading