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hail
1[ heyl ]
verb (used with object)
- to cheer, salute, or greet; welcome.
- to acclaim; approve enthusiastically:
The crowds hailed the conquerors. They hailed the recent advances in medicine.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,
- to call out to in order to stop, attract attention, ask aid, etc.:
to hail a cab.
verb (used without object)
- to call out in order to greet, attract attention, etc.:
The people on land hailed as we passed in the night.
noun
- a shout or call to attract attention:
They answered the hail of the marooned boaters.
- a salutation or greeting:
a cheerful hail.
- the act of hailing.
interjection
- (used as a salutation, greeting, or acclamation.)
verb phrase
- to have as one's place of birth or residence:
Nearly everyone here hails from the Midwest.
hail
2[ heyl ]
noun
- showery precipitation in the form of irregular pellets or balls of ice more than 0.2 inch (5 millimeters) in diameter, falling from a cumulonimbus cloud ( sleet ).
- a shower or storm of such precipitation.
- a shower of anything:
a hail of bullets.
verb (used without object)
- to pour down hail (often used impersonally with it as subject):
It hailed this afternoon.
- to fall or shower as hail:
Arrows hailed down on the troops as they advanced.
verb (used with object)
- to pour down on as or like hail:
The plane hailed leaflets on the city.
hail
1/ ³ó±ðɪ±ô /
noun
- small pellets of ice falling from cumulonimbus clouds when there are very strong rising air currents
- a shower or storm of such pellets
- words, ideas, etc, directed with force and in great quantity
a hail of abuse
- a collection of objects, esp bullets, spears, etc, directed at someone with violent force
verb
- intr; with it as subject to be the case that hail is falling
- often withit as subject to fall or cause to fall as or like hail
bad language hailed about him
to hail criticism
hail
2/ ³ó±ðɪ±ô /
verb
- to greet, esp enthusiastically
the crowd hailed the actress with joy
- to acclaim or acknowledge
they hailed him as their hero
- to attract the attention of by shouting or gesturing
to hail a passing ship
to hail a taxi
- intrfoll byfrom to be a native (of); originate (in)
she hails from India
noun
- the act or an instance of hailing
- a shout or greeting
- distance across which one can attract attention (esp in the phrase within hail )
sentence substitute
- poetic.an exclamation of greeting
hail
/ ³óÄå±ô /
- Precipitation in the form of rounded pellets of ice and hard snow that usually falls during thunderstorms. Hail forms when raindrops are blown up and down within a cloud, passing repeatedly through layers of warm and freezing air and collecting layers of ice until they are too heavy for the winds to keep them from falling.
hail
- Pellets of ice that form when updrafts in thunderstorms carry raindrops to high altitudes, where the water freezes and then falls back to Earth . Hailstones as large as baseballs have been recorded. Hail can damage crops and property.
Derived Forms
- ˈ³ó²¹¾±±ô±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlogs From
- ³ó²¹¾±±ôİù noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hail1
Origin of hail2
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hail1
Origin of hail2
Idioms and Phrases
- within hail, within range of hearing; audible:
The mother kept her children within hail of her voice.
More idioms and phrases containing hail
In addition to the idiom beginning with hail , also see within call (hail) .Example Sentences
“The app gave me meaningful information about the region in Iran my father hailed from.â€
A local restaurant delivered a feast for them, hailed as heroes by many in the capital.
Even with the severe storms that battered a few parts of England with intense rain, hail and thunder on Saturday 22 March, many places avoided the heavy downpours.
Trump hailed the investment as a "clear demonstration that tariffs very strongly work".
Above all, Francis hailed migrants in an era when they are loathed worldwide.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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