ALL meanings of hail
hail
H h - verb with object hail to pour down on as or like hail: The plane hailed leaflets on the city. 1
- verb without object hail to pour down hail (often used impersonally with it as subject): It hailed this afternoon. 1
- verb without object hail to fall or shower as hail: Arrows hailed down on the troops as they advanced. 1
- noun hail showery precipitation in the form of irregular pellets or balls of ice more than 1/5 (0.2) inch (5 mm) in diameter, falling from a cumulonimbus cloud (distinguished from sleet). 1
- noun hail a shower or storm of such precipitation. 1
- noun hail a shower of anything: a hail of bullets. 1
- idioms hail within hail, within range of hearing; audible: The mother kept her children within hail of her voice. 1
- noun hail A shout or call used to attract attention. 1
- noun hail precipitation 1
- intransitive verb hail hailstones: fall 1
- transitive verb hail taxi 1
- interjection hail Roman greeting 1
- noun hail of projectiles 1
- noun hail falling ice 1
- intransitive verb hail be native of 1
- transitive verb hail greet news 1
- verb hail If a person, event, or achievement is hailed as important or successful, they are praised publicly. 0
- uncountable noun hail Hail consists of small balls of ice that fall like rain from the sky. 0
- verb hail When it hails, hail falls like rain from the sky. 0
- singular noun hail A hail of things, usually small objects, is a large number of them that hit you at the same time and with great force. 0
- verb hail Someone who hails from a particular place was born there or lives there. 0
- verb hail If someone or something hails from a particular background, they come from it. 0
- verb hail If you hail someone, you call to them. 0
- verb hail If you hail a taxi, you wave at it in order to stop it because you want the driver to take you somewhere. 0
- convention hail Hail is used as a word of greeting. 0
- noun hail small pellets of ice falling from cumulonimbus clouds when there are very strong rising air currents 0
- noun hail a shower or storm of such pellets 0
- noun hail words, ideas, etc, directed with force and in great quantity 0
- noun hail a collection of objects, esp bullets, spears, etc, directed at someone with violent force 0
- verb hail to be the case that hail is falling 0
- verb hail to fall or cause to fall as or like hail 0
- verb hail to greet, esp enthusiastically 0
- verb hail to acclaim or acknowledge 0
- verb hail to attract the attention of by shouting or gesturing 0
- verb hail to be a native (of); originate (in) 0
- noun hail the act or an instance of hailing 0
- noun hail a shout or greeting 0
- noun hail distance across which one can attract attention (esp in the phrase within hail) 0
- sentence substitute hail an exclamation of greeting 0
- verb transitive hail to welcome, greet, etc. with or as with cheers; acclaim 0
- verb transitive hail to name by way of tribute; salute as 0
- verb transitive hail to call out to or signal to, as in summoning or greeting 0
- noun hail the act of hailing or greeting 0
- noun hail the distance that a shout will carry 0
- interjection hail used to signify tribute, greeting, etc. 0
- noun hail rounded pieces of ice that are larger than 5 mm (.2 in) and sometimes fall during thunderstorms; frozen raindrops; hailstones 0
- noun hail a falling, showering, etc. of hail, or in the manner of hail 0
- intransitive verb hail to drop or pour down hail 0
- verb transitive hail to shower, hurl, pour, etc. violently in the manner of hail 0
- noun hail Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm. 0