Railroad
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English
Noun
Railroad (plural Railroads)- A permanent road consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
- The transportation system comprising such roads and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.
- A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such roads and usually associated assets
- (figuratively) A procedure conducted or bullied in haste without due consideration.
Verb
Railroad (third-person singular simple present Railroads, present participle Railroading, simple past and past participle Railroaded)
- (transitive) To transport via railroad.
- (intransitive) To operate a railroad.
- (intransitive) To work for a railroad.
- (intransitive) To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.
- (transitive) To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.
- (transitive) To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.
- (transitive) To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.
Adjectives for Railroad
infant; pioneered; state-owned; opulent; efficient; necessary: well-run.
Verbs for Railroad
plan—; route—; sanction—; tear up—; utilize—; —advertizes; —covers; —enables; —extends; —facilitates; —guarantees; —insures; —invades; —opens; —prospers; — solicits.
Thesaurus
browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, bundle, bustle, cable railway, coerce, cog railway, compel, constitute, crowd, decree, dispatch, dragoon, drive on, el, electric railway, elevated, elevated railway, embankment, enact, enact laws, expedite, feeder, feeder line, filibuster, force, forward, get the floor, gravity-operated railway, haste, hasten, hasten on, have the floor, hector, hie on, horse railway, hurry, hurry along, hurry on, hurry up, hustle, hustle up, intimidate, junction, kill, lean on, legislate, light railroad, line, lobby through, logroll, main line, metro, monorail, ordain, pass, pigeonhole, pocket, precipitate, press, pressure, push, push on, push through, put in force, put through, quicken, rack railway, rack-and-pinion railway, rail, rail line, railroad through, railway, roadbed, roadway, roll logs, rush, rush along, sidetrack, siding, speed, speed along, speed up, spur, squeeze, stampede, street railway, streetcar line, subway, switchback, table, take the floor, terminal, terminus, track, tram, tramline, trestle, trolley line, trunk, trunk line, tube, turnout, tyrannize, underground, urge, veto, whip, whip along, yield the floor
