Synonyms of the word

railway

• n. (chiefly Britain, Ireland and Commonwealth of Nations) A transport system using rails used to move passengers…
• n. (chiefly Britain, Ireland and Commonwealth of Nations) A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which…

line

• n. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen;…
• n. A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness.
• n. A hose or pipe, of any size.
• n. Direction, path.
• n. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points:…
• n. A letter, a written form of communication.
• n. A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement…
• n. (military) A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied…
• n. The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
• n. A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
• n. (obsolete) A measuring line or cord.
• n. That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place…
• n. A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
• n. Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
• n. A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often…
• n. (military) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry,…
• n. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
• n. A small amount of text. Specifically.
• n. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade,…
• n. The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political…
• n. The products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.
• n. (stock exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
• n. A measure of length.
• n. (historical) A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
• n. (baseball, slang, 1800s, with "the") The batter’s box.
• n. (fencing, ‘line of engagement’) The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
• n. (engineering) Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with…
• n. A small portion or serving (of a powdery illegal drug).
• n. (obsolete) Instruction; doctrine.
• n. (genetics) Population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
• n. (perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock…
• n. (ice hockey) A group of forwards that play together.
• v. (transitive) To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
• v. (transitive) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding;…
• v. To form a line along.
• v. (transitive) To mark with a line or lines, to cover with lines.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
• v. (transitive) To read or repeat line by line.
• v. (intransitive, ‘line up’) To form or enter into a line.
• v. (intransitive, baseball) To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare…
• v. To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
• n. (obsolete) Flax; linen, particularly the longer fiber of flax.
• v. (transitive) To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
• v. To reinforce (the back of a book) with glue and glued scrap material such as fabric or paper.
• v. (transitive) To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
• v. (transitive, now rare, of a dog) to copulate with, to impregnate.

railroad

• n. (chiefly US and Canada) A permanent road consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized…
• n. (chiefly US and Canada) The transportation system comprising such roads and vehicles fitted to travel…
• n. (chiefly US and Canada) A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such roads…
• n. (figuratively) A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.
• v. (transitive) To transport via railroad.
• v. (intransitive) To operate a railroad.
• v. (intransitive) To work for a railroad.
• v. (intransitive) To travel by railroad.
• v. (intransitive) To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.
• v. (transitive) To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.
• v. (transitive) To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.
• v. (transitive) To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.
• v. (role-playing games) To force characters to complete a task before allowing the plot to continue.
• v. (upholstery) To run fabric horizontally instead of the usual vertically.

track

• n. A mark left by something that has passed along.
• n. A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.
• n. The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
• n. A road or other similar beaten path.
• n. Physical course; way.
• n. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
• n. The direction and progress of someone or something; path.
• n. (railways) The way or rails along which a train moves.
• n. A tract or area, such as of land.
• n. Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.
• n. (automotive) The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree (also track width).
• n. (automotive) Short for caterpillar track.
• n. (cricket) The pitch.
• n. Sound stored on a record.
• n. The physical track on a record.
• n. (music) A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short…
• n. A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.
• n. (uncountable, sports) The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.
• n. A session talk on a conference.
• v. To continue observing over time.
• v. (transitive) To follow the tracks of.
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To create a musical recording (a track).