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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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n. 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. 1.
HAILED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of hail 2. to call someone in order to attract their attention…. Learn more.
1. : precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow. 2. : something that gives the effect of a shower of hail. a hail of rifle fire.
a lot of similar things or remarks, thrown or shouted at someone at the same time: a hail of bullets. See more. Fewer examples. There will be widespread showers of rain, hail and sleet. Hail and snow are causing treacherous driving conditions, and motorists are warned to drive slowly. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. hail. verb.
to call someone in order to attract their attention: Shall we hail a taxi? I tried to hail her from across the room. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to ask someone to come to you. call The children called for him at night. call out Please avoid calling out the doctor unless it is an emergency.
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 ]
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." If twenty third-graders all sent spit-balls up in the air at once, the spit-balls would then hail down on the class.
Definition of hail verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Hailed definition: Simple past tense and past participle of <i><a>hail.</a></i>.
approve enthusiastically: The crowds hailed the conquerors. They hailed the recent advances in medicine. to call out to in order to stop, attract attention, ask aid, etc.: to hail a cab. v.i. to call out in order to greet, attract attention, etc.: The people on land hailed as we passed in the night.
