Derail

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Derail \De*rail"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Derailed}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Derailing}.]
     To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a
     locomotive. --Lardner.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  derail
       v 1: cause to run off the tracks; "they had planned to derail the
            trains that carried atomic waste"
       2: run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a
          cow was standing on the tracks" [syn: {jump}]