| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To jump or caper.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb derail.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (derail) | 1. Cause to run off the tracks; "they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste".[Wordnet]. 2. Run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks".[Wordnet]. 3. To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a locomotive.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: derailing, derailed, derails, derailer, derailers, derailingly and derailedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "DERAILING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1886. (references) |
Specialty Definition: derail
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Mining | A safety device for derailing mine cars, usually installed on grades to protect miners working below. See also: drop log. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: DERAILING
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Derailing drag | Mining | See: backstay. (references) | |
| Derailing points | Transportation | A switch which is designed to throw a rail car off the track if it is going in the wrong direction. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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