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unrails

unrails is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unrail.

Meaning of unrail

Verb

unrail (third-person singular simple present unrails, present participle unrailing, simple past and past participle unrailed)

  1. (transitive) To remove the rail or railings from.
    • “You are tearing pickets from innocent fences,” said Town, and proceeded to unrail a respectable fence to procure weapons wherewith to “smash the'students' heads.”1907, Hamilton Literary Magazine - Volume 42, page 199
  2. (ambitransitive, figuratively, literally) To derail.
    • If this wanton attempt to unrail or overturn the engine had succeeded, eight lives would have been sacrificed.1842, Bradshaw's Railway Gazette - Volume 2, page 152

Questions about unrails

What is unrails the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unrails is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unrail.

Words near unrails in the dictionary

  1. unraided
  2. unrail
  3. unrailed
  4. unrailing
  5. unrailroaded
  6. unrails
  7. unrailwayed
  8. unrained
  9. unraining
  10. unrainy
  11. unraisable

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