rail vs wall

rail

verb
  • To enclose with rails or a railing. 

  • To range in a line. 

  • To place on a track. 

  • To sexually penetrate in a rough manner. 

  • To travel by railway. 

  • To complain violently (against, about). 

noun
  • A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing. 

  • A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug). 

  • A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation. 

  • A conductor maintained at a fixed electrical potential relative to ground, to which other circuit components are connected. 

  • Any of several birds in the family Rallidae. 

  • One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard. 

  • A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window. 

  • The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad. 

  • A vertical section on one side of a web page. 

wall

verb
  • To make a wall knot on the end of (a rope). 

  • To enclose with, or as if with, a wall or walls. 

  • To well, as water; spring. 

  • To boil. 

noun
  • A doctor who tries to admit as few patients as possible. 

  • A line of defenders set up between an opposing free-kick taker and the goal. 

  • A point of defeat or extinction. 

  • A divisive or containing structure in an organ or cavity. 

  • A character that has high defenses, thereby reducing the amount of damage taken from the opponent’s attacks. 

  • Something with the apparent solidity and dimensions of a building wall. 

  • A spring of water. 

  • A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction. 

  • Any of the surfaces of rock enclosing the lode. 

  • Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure. 

  • A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes. 

  • The stage of biological aging where physical appearance and attractiveness start to deteriorate rapidly. 

  • The butterfly Lasiommata megera. 

  • A point of desperation. 

  • A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc. 

  • The right or privilege of taking the side of the road near the wall when encountering another pedestrian. 

  • A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale. 

  • A barrier to vision. 

  • A barrier. 

  • An impediment to free movement. 

  • A personal notice board listing messages of interest to a particular user. 

  • Two or more blockers skating together so as to impede the opposing team. 

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