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Definitions for hailheɪl

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

hailheɪl(v.t.)

  1. to cheer, salute, or greet; welcome.

  2. to acclaim; approve enthusiastically.

  3. to call out to, as in order to stop or to attract the attention of:

    to hail a cab.

  4. (v.i.)hail from, to have as one's place of birth or residence:

    My roommate hails from Indiana.

    Category: Verb Phrase

  5. (n.)a shout or call to attract attention.

  6. a salutation.

  7. (interj.)(used as a salutation or acclamation.)

Idioms for hail:

  1. 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.)

  1. 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 ).

  2. a shower or storm of such precipitation.

    Category: Meteorology

  3. a shower of anything:

    a hail of bullets.

  4. (v.i.)to pour down hail (often used impersonally with it as subject):

    It hailed all afternoon.

    Category: Meteorology

  5. 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

  1. hail(noun)

    precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents

  2. hail(noun)

    many objects thrown forcefully through the air

    "a hail of pebbles"; "a hail of bullets"

  3. hail(verb)

    enthusiastic greeting

  4. acclaim, hail, herald(verb)

    praise vociferously

    "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein"

  5. hail, come(verb)

    be a native of

    "She hails from Kalamazoo"

  6. hail(verb)

    call for

    "hail a cab"

  7. hail, herald(verb)

    greet enthusiastically or joyfully

  8. hail(verb)

    precipitate as small ice particles

    "It hailed for an hour"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. hail(verb)ɪl

    (of ice) to fall from the sky like rain

    It was hailing last night.

  2. hailɪl

    to wave your arm to attract a taxi driver's attention

    I hailed a cab from the corner.

  3. hail(noun)ɪl

    balls of ice that fall from the sky like rain

    hail the size of golf balls

  4. hailɪl

    a large number of things flying through the air

    a hail of bullets

Webster Dictionary

  1. 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

  2. Hail(verb)

    to pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors

  3. Hail(verb)

    to pour forcibly down, as hail

  4. Hail(adj)

    healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling)

  5. Hail(verb)

    to call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address

  6. Hail(verb)

    to name; to designate; to call

  7. 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

  8. Hail(verb)

    to report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; -- with from

  9. Hail(verb)

    an exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting

  10. 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.

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