railroad

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

railroads

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

railroad

past (v2)

railroaded

past participle (v3)

railroaded

present participle

railroading

3rd person singular

railroads

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.

   • Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land or water roads.

2. 2.The transportation system comprising such tracks and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.

3. 3.A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such tracks and usually associated assets

   • Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each other.

4. 4.A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.

   • The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To transport via railroad.

2. 2.To operate a railroad.

   • The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly.

3. 3.To work for a railroad.

   • She used to railroad for the Southern Pacific.

4. 4.To travel by railroad.

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