Definitions for hailheɪl
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
hailheɪl(v.t.)
to cheer, salute, or greet; welcome.
to acclaim; approve enthusiastically.
to call out to, as in order to stop or to attract the attention of:
to hail a cab.
(v.i.)hail from, to have as one's place of birth or residence:
My roommate hails from Indiana.
Category: Verb Phrase
(n.)a shout or call to attract attention.
a salutation.
(interj.)(used as a salutation or acclamation.)
Idioms for hail:
within hail,within range of hearing; audible.
Category: Idiom
Origin of hail:
1150–1200; ME hailen, v. der. of hail well, healthy < ON heill
hail′er(n.)
hailheɪl(n.)
showery precipitation in the form of irregular pellets or balls of ice more than ? in. (5 mm) in diameter, falling from a cumulonimbus cloud
Category: Meteorology
Ref: (disting. from sleet ).
a shower or storm of such precipitation.
Category: Meteorology
a shower of anything:
a hail of bullets.
(v.i.)to pour down hail (often used impersonally with it as subject):
It hailed all afternoon.
Category: Meteorology
to fall or shower like hail:
Arrows hailed on the troops.
Origin of hail:
bef. 900; ME; OE hægl, c. OHG hagel, ON hagl
Princeton's WordNet
hail(noun)
precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
hail(noun)
many objects thrown forcefully through the air
"a hail of pebbles"; "a hail of bullets"
hail(verb)
enthusiastic greeting
acclaim, hail, herald(verb)
praise vociferously
"The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein"
hail, come(verb)
be a native of
"She hails from Kalamazoo"
hail(verb)
call for
"hail a cab"
hail, herald(verb)
greet enthusiastically or joyfully
hail(verb)
precipitate as small ice particles
"It hailed for an hour"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
hail(verb)ɪl
(of ice) to fall from the sky like rain
It was hailing last night.
hailɪl
to wave your arm to attract a taxi driver's attention
I hailed a cab from the corner.
hail(noun)ɪl
balls of ice that fall from the sky like rain
hail the size of golf balls
hailɪl
a large number of things flying through the air
a hail of bullets
Webster Dictionary
Hail(noun)
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
Hail(verb)
to pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors
Hail(verb)
to pour forcibly down, as hail
Hail(adj)
healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling)
Hail(verb)
to call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address
Hail(verb)
to name; to designate; to call
Hail(verb)
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
Hail(verb)
to report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; -- with from
Hail(verb)
an exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting
Hail(noun)
a wish of health; a salutation; a loud call
Translations for hail
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
hail(noun)
small balls of ice falling from the clouds
There was some hail during the rainstorm last night.
- haelAfrikaans

- بَرَدArabic

- градBulgarian

- chuva de granizoPortuguese (BR)

- kroupyCzech

- der HagelGerman

- haglDanish

- χαλάζιGreek

- granizoSpanish

- raheEstonian

- تگرگFarsi

- rakeetFinnish

- grêleFrench

- בָּרָדHebrew

- ओलावृष्टिHindi

- tucaCroatian

- jégesőHungarian

- hujan esIndonesian

- hagl, haglélIcelandic

- grandineItalian

- あられJapanese

- 우박Korean

- krušaLithuanian

- krusaLatvian

- ketulan hujan batuMalay

- hagelDutch

- haglNorwegian

- gradPolish

- تگرگPersian

- ږلۍ، ګلۍ ( ژلۍ جلۍPashto

- saraivaPortuguese

- grindinăRomanian

- градRussian

- krúpySlovak

- točaSlovenian

- gradSerbian

- hagelSwedish

- ลูกเห็บThai

- doluTurkish

- 冰雹Chinese (Trad.)

- градUkrainian

- اولےUrdu

- trận mưa đáVietnamese

- 冰雹Chinese (Simp.)

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