Railroad

Noun

 * 1) A permanent road consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
 * ''Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land - and/or water roads
 * 1) The transportation system comprising such roads and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.
 * 2) A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such roads and usually associated assets
 * ''Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are techically compatible with and linked to each-other
 * 1)  A procedure conducted or bullied in haste without due consideration.
 * The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed.

Synonyms

 * railway

Derived terms

 * railroad flat
 * railroad track

Verb

 * 1)  To transport via railroad.
 * 2)  To operate a railroad.
 * ''The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly
 * 1)  To work for a railroad.
 * 2)  To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.
 * 3)  To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.
 * The majority railroaded the bill through parliament, without the customary expert studies which would delay it till after the elections.
 * 1)  To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.
 * They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges.
 * 1)  To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.
 * He was railroaded into signing a non-disclosure agreement at his exit interview.

Derived terms

 * railroader

Adjectives for Railroad
infant; pioneered; subtransatlantic; 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
L, accelerate, branch, 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

Etymology
From rail: + road:.

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Chinese: 鐵道, 铁道 (tiědào)
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: Eisenbahnlinie
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, ,


 * Irish:
 * Italian: strada ferrata, ferrovia, binario
 * Japanese:
 * Ojibwe: ishkodewidaabaanikana
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: cale ferată
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: vía férrea
 * Swedish:


 * (definite article required in languages which have those)


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese: 鐵路, 铁路 (tiělù)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: de, het
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: מסילת רכבת (mesillat-rakevet)
 * Hungarian:


 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 철도 (cheoldo)
 * Ojibwe: ishkodewidaabaan
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: estrada de ferro
 * Romanian: căi ferate
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch: sneltreinprocedure


 * : fervojo
 * : ferrovia
 * : 철도 (cheoldo)


 * : ferrocarril, riel
 * : raudte

Verb

 * Dutch: versporen
 * Hungarian: vasúton szállít


 * Japanese: 鉄道輸送する


 * Dutch: aan het spoor werken


 * Dutch: (een) spoorweg(en) uitbaten


 * Japanese: 鉄道を経営する


 * Japanese: 鉄道模型をする


 * Dutch: (iets) er (met de knoet) doorjagen


 * Hungarian: keresztülhajt


 * Japanese: 強引に通過させる