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hail ¹  (hl)

n.

1. Precipitation in the form of spherical or irregular pellets of ice larger than 5 millimeters (0.2 inches) in diameter.

2. Something that falls with the force and quantity of a shower of ice and hard snow: a hail of pebbles; a hail of criticism.

v. hailed, hail·ing, hails

v.intr.

1. To precipitate in pellets of ice and hard snow.

2. To fall like hailstones: Condemnations hailed down on them.

v.tr.

To pour (something) down or forth: They hailed insults at me.

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[Middle English, from Old English hægel, hagol.]

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hail ²  (hl)

v. hailed, hail·ing, hails

v.tr.

1.

a. To salute or greet.

b. To greet or acclaim enthusiastically: The crowds hailed the boxing champion.

2. To call out or yell in order to catch the attention of: hail a cabdriver.

v.intr.

To signal or call to a passing ship as a greeting or identification.

n.

1. The act of greeting or acclaiming.

2. A shout made to catch someone's attention or to greet.

3. Hailing distance: told me to stay within hail.

interj.

Used to express a greeting or tribute.

Phrasal Verb:

hail from

To come or originate from: She hails from Texas.

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[Middle English heilen, from (wæs) hæil, (be) healthy; see wassail.]

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hail ¹

Noun

1. small pellets of ice falling from thunderclouds

2. words, ideas, missiles, etc., directed with force and in great quantity: a hail of abuse

Verb

1. to fall as hail: it's hailing

2. to fall like hail: blows hailed down on him [Old English hægl]

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hail ²

Verb

1. to call out to; greet: a voice from behind hailed him

2. to praise, acclaim, or acknowledge: his crew had been hailed as heroes

3. to stop (a taxi) by shouting or gesturing

4. hail from to come originally from: she hails from Nova Scotia

Noun

within hailing distance within hearing range

interj

Poetic an exclamation of greeting [Old Norse heill healthy]

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hail  (hl)

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.

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Hail a storm or shower of anything similar to hail. See also fusillade.

Examples: hail of bullets; of farewells; of iron globes, 1667; of ice; of peas, 1728; of round shot, 1893; of shots.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hail - precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents downfall, precipitation - the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) hailstone - small pellet of ice that falls during a hailstorm
	2.	hail - many objects thrown forcefully through the air; "a hail of pebbles"; "a hail of bullets" object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
	3.	hail - enthusiastic greeting greeting, salutation - (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
Verb	1.	hail - praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein" acclaim, herald applaud - express approval of; "I applaud your efforts"
	2.	hail - be a native of; "She hails from Kalamazoo" come be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" descend, derive, come - come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"
	3.	hail - call for; "hail a cab" send for, call - order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!"
	4.	hail - greet enthusiastically or joyfully herald greet, recognise, recognize - express greetings upon meeting someone
	5.	hail - precipitate as small ice particles; "It hailed for an hour" come down, precipitate, fall - fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"

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hail ¹

noun 1. hailstones, sleet, hailstorm, frozen rain

noun 2. shower, rain, storm, battery, volley, barrage, bombardment, pelting, downpour, salvo, broadside

verb 3. rain, shower, pelt

verb 4. batter, rain, barrage, bombard, pelt, rain down on, beat down upon

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hail ²

verb 1. acclaim, honour, acknowledge, cheer, applaud, glorify, exalt << OPPOSITE condemn

verb 2. salute, call, greet, address, welcome, speak to, shout to, say hello to, accost, sing out, halloo << OPPOSITE snub

verb 3. flag down, summon, signal to, wave down

hail from somewhere come from, be born in, originate in, be a native of, have your roots in

Translations

hail [heɪl] n (weather) → granizo

vt → saludar (= call); llamar a

vi → granizar;

to hail (as) → aclamar (como), celebrar (como);

he hails from Scotland → es natural de Escocia

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hail [heɪl] n → grêle f

vt (= call) → héler (= greet); acclamer

vi → grêler (= originate);

he hails from Scotland → il est originaire d'Écosse

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hail [heɪl] n → Hagel m

vt (person) → zurufen +dat;

(taxi) → herbeiwinken, anhalten;

(acclaim) (person) → zujubeln +dat: (event etc) → bejubeln

vi → hageln;

he hails from Scotland → er kommt or stammt aus Schottland

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hail [heɪl] n → grandine f

vt (= call) → chiamare (= greet); salutare

vi → grandinare;

to hail (as) → acclamare (come);

he hails from Scotland → viene dalla Scozia

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hail¹

n hail [heil]

1 small balls of ice falling from the clouds There was some hail during the rainstorm last night. hael بَرَد град kroupy hagl der Hagel χαλάζι granizo rahe تگرگ raekuuro grêle בָּרָד ओलावृष्टि tuca jégeső hujan es hagl, haglél grandine あられ 우박 kruša krusa ketulan hujan batu hagel hagl grad saraiva grindină град krúpy toča grad hagel การตกของลูกเห็บ dolu 冰雹 град اولے trận mưa đá 冰雹

2 a shower (of things) a hail of arrows. stortvloed وابِلٌ من град krupobití byge; regn der Hagel καταιγισμός lluvia rahe هر چیز تگرگ مانند sade pluie מָטָר שֶׁל बौछार kiša (necega) zápor hujan hríð, skæðadrífa grandine 雨あられと降るもの 맹렬히 내리는 것 kruša birums; krusa hujan stortvloed (van) regn, skur grad saraivada ploaie поток, град krupobitie ploha pljusak regn, skur, hagel ห่ากระสุน ...yağmuru (雹子般的)一陣 град بوچھاڑ hàng loạt （雹子般的）一阵

v

to shower hail It was hailing as I drove home. hael يَنْزِلُ البَرَد بِغَزارَه вали град (kroupy) padat hagle hageln ρίχνει χαλάζι granizar rahet sadama تگرگ باریدن sataa rakeita grêler לָרֶדֶת בָּרָד पुकारना padati (tuca), obilno padati jég(eső) esik berhujan es gera haglél grandinare あられが降る 빗발치듯 퍼붓다 kristi (apie krušą) (par krusu) birt hujan batu hagelsteen hagle padać (o gradzie) cair saraiva a bate grindină идёт град padať (krúpy, ľadovec) padati (toča) padanje grada hagla ลูกเห็บตก dolu yağmak 下雹子 вживається в безособових зворотах: іде град اولے برسنا mưa đá 下雹子

n hailstone

a ball of hail Hailstones battered against the window. haelsteen حَبَّة بَرَد зърно от град kroupa hagl das Hagelkorn κόκκος χαλαζιού granizo, piedra rahetera دانه تگرگ rae grêlon כָּדוּר בָּרָד ओला zrno tuce jég(eső)szem batu es hagl, haglél chicco di grandine あられの粒 우박(의 알), 싸락눈 krušos kruopelė krusas grauds ketulan hujan batu hagelsteen hagl(klump) kulka gradu granizo grindină, pia­tră градина krúpy zrno toče grad hagel ลูกเห็บ dolu (tanesi) 冰雹，雹子 градина اولا، ژالہ cục mưa đá 雹子