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verb | noun | interjection hailhail1 /heɪl/ ●○○ verb ETYMOLOGYhail1Origin: Old English hagal, hægl VERB TABLEhail |
| Present | I, you, we, they | hail | | he, she, it | hails | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | hailed | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have hailed | | he, she, it | has hailed | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had hailed | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will hail | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have hailed |
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| Present | I | am hailing | | he, she, it | is hailing | | you, we, they | are hailing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was hailing | | you, we, they | were hailing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been hailing | | he, she, it | has been hailing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been hailing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be hailing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been hailing |
► hail a taxi/cab The hotel doorman will hail a cab for you. 1[intransitive] if it hails, small balls of ice fall from the clouds2[transitive] to call to someone in order to attract his or her attention: hail a taxi/cab The hotel doorman will hail a cab for you.hail somebody/something as something phrasal verb to describe someone or something as being very good, especially in newspapers, magazines, etc.: Lang’s first film was immediately hailed as a masterpiece.hail from something phrasal verb old-fashioned to have been born in a particular place: What part of the world do you hail from? verb | noun | interjection hailhail2 noun ETYMOLOGYhail2Origin: (2) 1200-1300 ➔ HAIL3 (3) Old English hagalian, from hagal; ➔ HAIL1 THESAURUS water that falls in small drops from clouds in the sky► rain water that falls in small drops from clouds in the sky: There has been no rain for weeks. Let’s wait here until the rain stops. ► shower a short period of rain: More heavy showers are forecast for tonight. ► drizzle light rain with very small drops of water: A light drizzle was falling as I left the house. ► downpour a lot of rain that falls in a short period: I walked back to my apartment in the downpour and got soaking wet. ► storm a period of very bad weather with a lot of wind and rain, and sometimes thunder and lightning: The storm caused flooding. ► sleet a mixture of snow and rain: It was cold, and the rain was mixed with sleet. ► hail frozen rain that falls in the form of hailstones (=small balls of ice): The hail destroyed many of the country’s crops. ► raindrop a single drop of rain: As we sat down on the beach, I felt a few raindrops fall on my face. ► rainfall the amount of rain that falls somewhere: The average rainfall in Seattle is about 36 inches a year. water frozen into soft white pieces that fall from the sky in cold weather and cover the ground► snow water frozen into soft white pieces that fall from the sky in cold weather and cover the ground: The trees were dusted with snow. Over six inches of snow fell last night. ► snowflakes pieces of falling snow: The first snowflakes of winter were in the air. ► sleet a mixture of snow and rain: The sleet is making driving on the highway very dangerous. ► slush snow on the ground that has started to melt: My shoes were wet from the slush on the sidewalk. ► hail hard round pieces of ice that fall from the sky: Hail bounced off the roof onto the lawn. ► frost white powder that covers the ground or other outside surfaces when it is cold: We had to scrape the frost off the car windows. 1[uncountable] frozen rain that falls as balls of ice: Hail the size of golf balls fell in Andrews, Texas.► see thesaurus at rain1, snow12a hail of bullets/stones etc. a large number of bullets, stones, etc. thrown or fired at someone: A hail of enemy fire forced them back into the trenches.3a hail of criticism/abuse a lot of criticism about something someone says or does verb | noun | interjection hailhail3 interjection literary used to greet someone: Hail to the King! |