(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ is a route between two places along which trains travel on steel rails. (AM; in BRIT, use railway )
...~ tracks that led to nowhere...
N-COUNT
2.
A ~ is a company or organization that operates railway routes. (AM; in BRIT, use railway )
...The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad.
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3.
If you ~ someone into doing something, you make them do it although they do not really want to, by hurrying them and putting pressure on them.
He more or less ~ed the rest of Europe into recognising the new ‘independent’ states...
He ~ed the reforms through.
VERB: V n into n/-ing, V n through