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- Dictionaryhail/hāl/
verb
- 1. call out to (someone) to attract attention: "the crew hailed a fishing boat" Similar Opposite
- 2. acclaim enthusiastically as being a specified thing: "he has been hailed as the new James Dean" Similar Opposite
exclamation
- 1. expressing greeting or acclaim: archaic "hail, Caesar!"
noun
- 1. a shout or call used to attract attention.
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HAIL definition: 1. small, hard balls of ice that fall from the sky like rain 2. a lot of similar things or remarks…. Learn more.
The meaning of HAIL is precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow. How to use hail in a sentence.
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 is a form of solid precipitation. It is distinct from ice pellets (American English "sleet"), though the two are often confused. It consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice, each of which is called a hailstone. Ice pellets generally fall in cold weather, while hail growth is greatly inhibited during low surface temperatures.
1. Precipitation in the form of spherical or irregular pellets of ice larger than 5 millimeters (0.2 inch) in diameter, usually associated with thunderstorms. 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.
Hail is when chunks of ice fall from the sky. Also, to hail someone is to greet them or say good things about them. Or it can be a way to tell people of your homeland, as in: "I hail from the Moon."
A hail of things, usually small objects, is a large number of them that hit you at the same time and with great force. The victim was hit by a hail of bullets. [ + of ]
Hail definition: Precipitation in the form of spherical or irregular pellets of ice larger than 5 millimeters (0.2 inch) in diameter, usually associated with thunderstorms. Dictionary
HAIL definition: 1. small, hard pieces of frozen rain that fall from the sky 2. a lot of bullets/stones/bottles, etc…. Learn more.
[transitive, usually passive] to describe somebody/something as being very good or special, especially in newspapers, etc. be hailed (as) something The conference was hailed as a great success. The expedition was widely hailed as a success. Teenager Matt Brown is being hailed a hero for saving a young child from drowning.
