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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hail1 /heɪl/USA pronunciation v. - to greet or welcome:[~ + object]to hail an old friend.
- [~ + object (+ as + object])] to approve enthusiastically;
praise:hailed the new child care laws as a big step forward. - to call out to, as in order to stop or to attract the attention of:[~ + object]to hail a cab.
- hail from, [ ~ + from + obj;
not: be + ~-ing + from] to have as one's place of birth or residence:hails from Indiana.
interj. - This word is used as a greeting, or to express praise:Hail, Caesar!
hail•er, n. [countable]hail2 /heɪl/USA pronunciation n. - Meteorology a shower or storm of pellets of ice more than 1&sfracdenom5&sfracend in. (5 mm) in diameter:[uncountable]golfball-sized hail.
- a shower or large number of anything:[countable* usually singular]a hail of bullets.
v. - Meteorology to pour down hail:[it + ~* (no object)]It hailed all afternoon.
- to (cause to) fall like hail: [no object]Arrows hailed on the troops.[~ + object]The plane hailed leaflets on the city.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hail1 (hāl),USA pronunciation v.t. - to cheer, salute, or greet;
welcome. - to acclaim;
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.
- hail from, to have as one's place of birth or residence:Nearly everyone here hails from the Midwest.
n. - 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.
- Idioms within hail, within range of hearing;
audible:The mother kept her children within hail of her voice.
interj. - (used as a salutation, greeting, or acclamation.)
- Old Norse heill; cognate with Old English hǣl. See heal, wassail
- Middle English haile, earlier heilen, derivative of hail health 1150–1200
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cheer, applaud, honor, exalt, laud, extol.
hail2 (hāl),USA pronunciation n. - Meteorologyshowery precipitation in the form of irregular pellets or balls of ice more than 1⁄5 in. (5 mm) in diameter, falling from a cumulonimbus cloud (distinguished from sleet).
- Meteorologya shower or storm of such precipitation.
- a shower of anything:a hail of bullets.
v.i. - Meteorologyto 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.
v.t. - to pour down on as or like hail:The plane hailed leaflets on the city.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English hægl, variant of hagol; cognate with German Hagel, Old Norse hagl
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hail /heɪl/ n - 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
vb - (intr; with it as subject) to be the case that hail is falling
- often with it as subject: to fall or cause to fall as or like hail
Etymology: Old English hægl; related to Old Frisian heil, Old High German hagal hail, Greek kakhlēx pebble hail /heɪl/ vb (mainly tr)- 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 taxi, to hail a passing ship
- (intransitive) followed by from: to be a native (of); originate (in): she hails from India
n - the act or an instance of hailing
- distance across which one can attract attention (esp in the phrase within hail)
sentence substitute - poetic an exclamation of greeting
Etymology: 12th Century: from Old Norse heill whole; see hale1, wassail |