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- Dictionaryhail/heɪl/
verb
- 1. call out to (someone) to attract attention: "I hailed her in English" Similar Opposite
- 2. praise (someone or something) enthusiastically: "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.
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 ]
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.
noun. showery precipitation in the form of irregular pellets or balls of ice more than 0.2 inch (5 millimeters) in diameter, falling from a cumulonimbus cloud ( sleet ). a shower or storm of such precipitation. a shower of anything: a hail of bullets.
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."
hail from, to have as one's place of birth or residence: Nearly everyone here hails from the Midwest.
hail. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English hail1 /heɪl/ verb 1 [ transitive] to describe someone or something as being very good hail somebody/something as something Lang’s first film was immediately hailed as a masterpiece. be hailed something The new service has been hailed a success.
verb. uk / heɪl / us. [ T ] to call or wave to someone to get their attention: She stepped into the road and hailed a taxi. it hails. If it hails, small, hard pieces of frozen rain fall from the sky: Look! It's hailing! Phrasal verbs. hail sb/sth as sth. hail from.
Definition of hail verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
