rail vs windrow

rail

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. 

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). 

windrow

noun
  • A ridge or berm at a perimeter 

  • The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth onto other land to improve it. 

  • A line of snow left behind by the edge of a snowplow’s blade. 

  • A long snowbank along the side of a road. 

  • A line of leaves etc heaped up by the wind. 

  • A similar streak of seaweed etc on the surface of the sea formed by Langmuir circulation. 

  • A line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader’s blade. 

  • A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field. 

verb
  • To arrange (e.g. new-made hay) in lines or windrows. 

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