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(through), Brit pressurize, US pressure, bully, hector,
tyrannize, dragoon, browbeat, bullyrag, Colloq bulldoze,
squeeze, lean on: Clayton was railroaded into appointing
Pinbury to head the committee to investigate corruption.
railway n. train, rail, rolling-stock, Archaic iron horse, US railroad:
Railway service could be improved on some suburban lines.
Diamond Jim Brady, the American millionaire, made his money from
the railway.
rain n. 1 precipitation, drizzle, sprinkle, downpour, shower,
thunder-shower, cloudburst, rainstorm, squall, deluge, US
sunshower: After the rain the sun came out. 2 rainfall,
precipitation: The rain in Spain falls mainly in the plain. 3
flood, torrent, shower, volley, stream, outpouring: Arriving
home, she could barely shield herself from the rain of
children's kisses.
--v. 4 come down, pour, teem, sprinkle, drizzle, spit, Brit
dialect mizzle, Colloq come down in buckets, rain cats and dogs:
The weatherman said it would rain today, so take an umbrella. 5
trickle, pour, run, fall: Tears rained down her sallow cheeks.
6 descend, shower: Blows rained on him from the tiny fists of
the furious child. 7 bestow, lavish, shower: He rained kisses
on her upturned face.
raise v. 1 lift (up), elevate; hoist, pull up, haul up, run up,
Literary upraise: She raised the glass to her lips. We raised
the mainsail and sailed out of the harbour. 2 erect, put up,
construct, build, produce, create, put together, assemble,
frame: With the help of some neighbours, the barn was raised in
less than a day. 3 farm, grow, cultivate, plant, bring up,
nurture, harvest, propagate: During that year's mild winter, we
were able to raise three crops. 4 bring up, nurture, rear;
mother, father, parent: His grandmother raised ten children,
six girls and four boys. 5 assemble, gather, bring or gather or
get together, muster, mobilize, round up, rally, collect,
convene, recruit, Colloq pull together: Do you think you could
raise an army quickly enough to defend us against attack? 6
increase, boost, advance, put up, jack up, run up, inflate,
escalate: Why are consumer petrol prices always raised at the
vaguest hint of an increase in oil prices? 7 cultivate, foster,
nurture, heighten, stimulate, buoy, lift, uplift, boost, arouse,