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1. (v.t.) hail
to cheer, salute, or greet; welcome.
2. hail
to acclaim; approve enthusiastically.
3. hail
to call out to, as in order to stop or to attract the attention of:
to hail a cab.
4. (v.i.) hail
hail from, to have as one's place of birth or residence:
My roommate hails from Indiana.
5. (n.) hail
a shout or call to attract attention.
6. hail
a salutation.
7. (interj.) hail
(used as a salutation or acclamation.)
8. (n.) hail
showery precipitation in the form of irregular pellets or balls of ice more than ? in. (5 mm) in diameter, falling from a cumulonimbus cloud
9. hail
a shower or storm of such precipitation.
10. hail
a shower of anything:
a hail of bullets.
11. (v.i.) hail
to pour down hail (often used impersonally with it as subject):
It hailed all afternoon.
12. hail
to fall or shower like hail:
Arrows hailed on the troops.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE hægl, c. OHG hagel, ON hagl)
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| Definition of 'HAIL' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) hail
precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
2. (noun) hail
many objects thrown forcefully through the air
"a hail of pebbles"; "a hail of bullets"
3. (verb) hail
enthusiastic greeting
4. (verb) acclaim, hail, herald
praise vociferously
"The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein"
5. (verb) hail, come
be a native of
"She hails from Kalamazoo"
6. (verb) hail
call for
"hail a cab"
7. (verb) hail, herald
greet enthusiastically or joyfully
8. (verb) hail
precipitate as small ice particles
"It hailed for an hour"
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1. (verb) hail
(of ice) to fall from the sky like rain
It was hailing last night.
2. hail
hail a taxi/cab
to wave your arm to attract a taxi driver's attention
I hailed a cab from the corner.
3. (noun) hail
balls of ice that fall from the sky like rain
hail the size of golf balls
4. hail
a hail of sth
a large number of things flying through the air
a hail of bullets
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| Definition of 'HAIL' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) HAIL
healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling)
2. (noun) HAIL
small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are called hailstones
3. (noun) HAIL
a wish of health; a salutation; a loud call
4. (verb) HAIL
to pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors
5. (verb) HAIL
to pour forcibly down, as hail
6. (verb) HAIL
to call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address
7. (verb) HAIL
to name; to designate; to call
8. (verb) HAIL
to declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; -- used with from; as, the steamer hails from New York
9. (verb) HAIL
to report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; -- with from
10. (verb) HAIL
an exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting
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Sense: small balls of ice falling from the clouds
There was some hail during the rainstorm last night.
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 Afrikaans: hael |
 Arabic: بَرَد |
 Bulgarian: град |
 Brazilian: chuva de granizo |
 Czech: kroupy |
 German: der Hagel |
 Danish: hagl |
 Greek: χαλάζι |
 Spanish: granizo |
 Estonian: rahe |
 Farsi: تگرگ |
 Finnish: rakeet |
 French: grêle |
 Hebrew: בָּרָד |
 Hindi: ओलावृष्टि |
 Croatian: tuca |
 Hungarian: jégeső |
 Indonesian: hujan es |
 Icelandic: hagl, haglél |
 Italian: grandine |
 Japanese: あられ |
 Korean: 우박 |
 Lithuanian: kruša |
 Latvian: krusa |
 Malay: ketulan hujan batu |
 Dutch: hagel |
 Norwegian: hagl |
 Polish: grad |
 Persian: تگرگ |
 Pashto: ږلۍ، ګلۍ ( ژلۍ جلۍ |
 Portuguese: saraiva |
 Romanian: grindină |
 Russian: град |
 Slovak: krúpy |
 Slovenian: toča |
 Serbian: grad |
 Swedish: hagel |
 Thai: ลูกเห็บ |
 Turkish: dolu |
 Taiwanese: 冰雹 |
 Ukrainian: град |
 Urdu: اولے |
 Vietnamese: trận mưa đá |
 Chinese: 冰雹 |
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