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hail1

–verb (used with object)

1.	to cheer, salute, or greet; welcome.

2.	to acclaim; approve enthusiastically: The crowds hailed the conquerors. They hailed the recent advances in medicine.

3.	to call out to in order to stop, attract attention, ask aid, etc.: to hail a cab.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to call out in order to greet, attract attention, etc.: The people on land hailed as we passed in the night.

–noun

5.	a shout or call to attract attention: They answered the hail of the marooned boaters.

6.	a salutation or greeting: a cheerful hail.

7.	the act of hailing.

–interjection

8.	(used as a salutation, greeting, or acclamation.)

—Verb phrase

9.	hail from, to have as one's place of birth or residence: Nearly everyone here hails from the Midwest.

—Idiom

10.	within hail, within range of hearing; audible: The mother kept her children within hail of her voice.

[Origin: 1150–1200; ME haile, earlier heilen, deriv. of hail health < ON heill; c. OE hǣl. See heal, wassail

]

—Related forms

hailer, noun

—Synonyms 2. cheer, applaud, honor, exalt, laud, extol.

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hail2

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–noun

1.	showery 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).

2.	a shower or storm of such precipitation.

3.	a shower of anything: a hail of bullets.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to pour down hail (often used impersonally with it as subject): It hailed this afternoon.

5.	to fall or shower as hail: Arrows hailed down on the troops as they advanced.

–verb (used with object)

6.	to pour down on as or like hail: The plane hailed leaflets on the city.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE hægl, var. of hagol; c. G Hagel, ON hagl

]

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n.

Precipitation in the form of spherical or irregular pellets of ice larger than 5 millimeters (0.2 inches) in diameter.
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.

To precipitate in pellets of ice and hard snow.
To fall like hailstones: Condemnations hailed down on them.

v. tr.
To pour (something) down or forth: They hailed insults at me.

[Middle English, from Old English hægel, hagol.]

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v.   hailed, hail·ing, hails

v.   tr.

1. To salute or greet.
2. To greet or acclaim enthusiastically: The crowds hailed the boxing champion.
To call out or yell in order to catch the attention of: hail a cabdriver.

v. intr.
To signal or call to a passing ship as a greeting or identification.

n.

The act of greeting or acclaiming.
A shout made to catch someone's attention or to greet.
Hailing distance: told me to stay within hail.

interj. Used to express a greeting or tribute.

Phrasal Verb(s):
hail from
To come or originate from: She hails from Texas.

[Middle English heilen, from (wæs) hæil, (be) healthy; see wassail.]

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hail (1)

"greetings!" c.1200, from O.N. heill "health, prosperity, good luck;" and O.E. hals, shortening of wæs hæil "be healthy" (see health and cf. wassail). The verb meaning "to call from a distance" is 1563, originally nautical. Hail fellow well met is 1581, from a familiar greeting. Hail Mary (c.1300) is the angelic salutation (L. ave Maria), cf. Luke i.58, used as a devotional recitation.

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hail (2)

"frozen rain," O.E. hægl, hagol, from W.Gmc. *haglaz (cf. O.H.G. hagal, O.N. hagl, Ger. hagel "hail"), probably from PIE *kaghlo- "pebble" (cf. Gk. kakhlex "round pebble").

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hail
noun
1.	precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
2.	many objects thrown forcefully through the air; "a hail of pebbles"; "a hail of bullets"
3.	enthusiastic greeting
verb
1.	praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein" [syn: acclaim]
2.	be a native of; "She hails from Kalamazoo"
3.	call for; "hail a cab"
4.	greet enthusiastically or joyfully
5.	precipitate as small ice particles; "It hailed for an hour"

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hail

In addition to the idiom beginning with hail, also see within call (hail).

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hail1 [heil] noun

small balls of ice falling from the clouds
Example: There was some hail during the rainstorm last night.

Arabic:	بَرَد
Chinese (Simplified):	冰雹
Chinese (Traditional):	冰雹
Czech:	kroupy
Danish:	hagl
Estonian:	rahe
Finnish:	raekuuro
French:	grêle
German:	der Hagel
Greek:	χαλάζι
Hungarian:	jégeső
Icelandic:	hagl, haglél
Indonesian:	hujan es
Japanese:	あられ

Korean:	우박
Latvian:	krusa
Lithuanian:	kruša
Norwegian:	hagl
Polish:	grad
Portuguese (Brazil):	granizo
Portuguese (Portugal):	saraiva
Romanian:	grindină
Russian:	град
Slovak:	krúpy
Slovenian:	toča
Spanish:	granizo
Swedish:	hagel
Turkish:	dolu

hail2 [heil] noun

a shower (of things)
Example: a hail of arrows

Arabic:	وابِلٌ من
Chinese (Simplified):	（雹子般的）一阵
Chinese (Traditional):	(雹子般的)一陣
Czech:	krupobití
Danish:	byge; regn
Estonian:	rahe
Finnish:	sade
French:	pluie
German:	der Hagel
Greek:	καταιγισμός
Hungarian:	zápor
Icelandic:	hríð, skæðadrífa
Indonesian:	hujan
Japanese:	雨あられと降るもの

Korean:	맹렬히 내리는 것
Latvian:	birums; krusa
Lithuanian:	kruša
Norwegian:	regn, skur
Polish:	grad
Portuguese (Brazil):	saraivada
Portuguese (Portugal):	saraivada
Romanian:	ploaie
Russian:	поток, град
Slovak:	krupobitie
Slovenian:	ploha
Spanish:	lluvia
Swedish:	regn, skur, hagel
Turkish:	…yağmuru

hail [heil] verb

to shower hail
Example: It was hailing as I drove home.

Arabic:	يَنْزِلُ البَرَد بِغَزارَه
Chinese (Simplified):	下雹子
Chinese (Traditional):	下雹子
Czech:	(kroupy) padat
Danish:	hagle
Estonian:	rahet sadama
French:	grêler
German:	hageln
Greek:	ρίχνει χαλάζι
Hungarian:	jég(eső) esik
Icelandic:	gera haglél
Indonesian:	berhujan es
Japanese:	あられが降る
Korean:	빗발치듯 퍼붓다

Latvian:	(par krusu) birt
Lithuanian:	kristi (apie krušą)
Norwegian:	hagle
Polish:	padać (o gradzie)
Portuguese (Brazil):	chover granizo
Portuguese (Portugal):	cair saraiva
Romanian:	a bate grindină
Russian:	идёт град
Slovak:	padať (krúpy, ľadovec)
Slovenian:	padati (toča)
Spanish:	granizar
Swedish:	hagla
Turkish:	dolu yağmak

hail1 [heil] verb

to shout to in order to attract attention
Example: We hailed a taxi; The captain hailed the passing ship.

Arabic:	يُنادي، يَدْعو من بَعيد
Chinese (Simplified):	招呼
Chinese (Traditional):	招呼
Czech:	přivolávat; zdravit (voláním)
Danish:	praje; råbe an
Estonian:	hüüdma
Finnish:	huutaa
French:	héler
German:	rufen,grüßen
Greek:	φωνάζω
Hungarian:	(oda)kiált (vkinek)
Icelandic:	kalla til, *{{DP}}á
Indonesian:	memanggil

Japanese:	大声で呼ぶ
Korean:	…에게 소리지르다
Latvian:	sveicināt; sveikt; uzsaukt
Lithuanian:	šūktelėti, sveikinti
Norwegian:	(an)rope, praie
Polish:	wołać, pozdrowić
Portuguese (Brazil):	chamar
Portuguese (Portugal):	chamar
Romanian:	a striga, a chema
Russian:	окликать
Slovak:	privolať; pozdraviť (volaním)
Slovenian:	(od daleč) ustaviti, poklicati
Turkish:	el kol sallayarak çağırmak

hail2 [heil] verb

to greet or welcome (a person, thing etc) as something
Example: His discoveries were hailed as a great step forward in medicine.

Arabic:	يُرَحِّبُ بِ
Chinese (Simplified):	向…欢呼
Chinese (Traditional):	向…歡呼
Czech:	pozdravit, přivítat
Danish:	hylde
Estonian:	tervitama
Finnish:	ottaa vastaan
French:	saluer
German:	bejubeln
Greek:	χαιρετίζω
Hungarian:	üdvözöl
Icelandic:	fagna, heilsa
Indonesian:	menyambut
Japanese:	歓呼で迎える

Korean:	환호하여 맞이하다
Latvian:	pasludināt
Lithuanian:	sveikinti
Norwegian:	hilse, hylle
Polish:	powitać
Portuguese (Brazil):	saudar
Portuguese (Portugal):	saudar
Romanian:	a întâmpina, a saluta
Russian:	приветствовать
Slovak:	pozdraviť, privítať
Slovenian:	pozdraviti
Spanish:	llamar
Swedish:	hälsa, hylla, välkomna
Turkish:	kabul etmek, tanımak

hail [heil] noun

a shout (to attract attention)
Example: Give that ship a hail.

Arabic:	هُتاف، تَحِيَّه، تَرْحيب
Chinese (Simplified):	招呼
Chinese (Traditional):	招呼
Czech:	zavolání
Danish:	anråb
Estonian:	hüüe
French:	appel
German:	der Gruß
Greek:	φωνή
Hungarian:	(oda)kiáltás
Icelandic:	hróp
Indonesian:	seruan
Japanese:	叫び声
Korean:	큰 소리로 부름

Latvian:	sveiciens; uzsauciens
Lithuanian:	šūksnis, šūktelėjimas
Norwegian:	(an)rop, praiing
Polish:	powitanie, okrzyk
Portuguese (Brazil):	brado
Portuguese (Portugal):	grito
Romanian:	chemare; salut
Russian:	оклик; приветствие
Slovak:	zavolanie
Slovenian:	klic
Spanish:	grito
Swedish:	anrop, rop
Turkish:	seslenme

hail [heil] interjection

an old word of greeting
Example: Hail, O King!

Arabic:	طَريقة قَديمَة للتَّحِيَّه
Chinese (Simplified):	万岁！
Chinese (Traditional):	用來表示問候(古語)
Czech:	buď pozdraven
Danish:	hil!
Estonian:	ole tervitatud!
French:	salut
German:	Heil!
Greek:	χαίρε! (επιφ.)
Hungarian:	üdv!
Icelandic:	heill sé þér
Indonesian:	salam
Japanese:	万歳
Korean:	만세

Latvian:	sveiks!
Lithuanian:	būk pasveikintas! sveikas!
Norwegian:	Heil!; Vær hilset!
Polish:	Witaj!
Portuguese (Brazil):	salve
Portuguese (Portugal):	salve!
Romanian:	salut(are)!
Russian:	привет!
Slovak:	buď pozdravený
Slovenian:	pozdravljen
Spanish:	salve
Swedish:	hell! var hälsad!
Turkish:	selâm

See also: hailstone, hail from

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Precipitation in the form of rounded pellets of ice and hard snow that usually falls during thunderstorms. Hail forms when raindrops are blown up and down within a cloud, passing repeatedly through layers of warm and freezing air and collecting layers of ice until they are too heavy for the winds to keep them from falling.

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hail

Pellets of ice that form when updrafts in thunderstorms carry raindrops to high altitudes, where the water freezes and then falls back to Earth. Hailstones as large as baseballs have been recorded. Hail can damage crops and property.

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Hail

Hail\ (h[=a]l), n. [OE. hail, ha[yogh]el, AS. h[ae]gel; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. hagel; Icel. hagl; cf. Gr. ka`chlhx pebble.] Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are called hailstones.

Thunder mixed with hail, Hail mixed with fire, must rend the Egyptian sky. --Milton.

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Hail

Hail\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Halled; p. pr. & vb. n. Halting.] [OE. hailen, AS. haqalian.] To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.

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Hail

Hail\, v. t. To pour forcibly down, as hail. --Shak.

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Hail

Hail\, a. Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).

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Hail

Hail\, v. t. [OE. hailen, heilen, Icel. heil hale, sound, used in greeting. See Hale sound.]

1. To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.

2. To name; to designate; to call.

And such a son as all men hailed me happy. --Milton.

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Hail

Hail\, v. i. 1. To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; -- used with from; as, the steamer hails from New York.

2. To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; -- with from. [Colloq.] --G. G. Halpine.

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Hail

Hail\, interj. [See Hail, v. t.] An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting. "Hail, brave friend." --Shak.

All hail. See in the Vocabulary.

Hail Mary, a form of prayer made use of in the Roman Catholic Church in invocation of the Virgin. See Ave Maria.

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Hail

Hail\, interj. [See Hail, v. t.] An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting. "Hail, brave friend." --Shak.

All hail. See in the Vocabulary.

Hail Mary, a form of prayer made use of in the Roman Catholic Church in invocation of the Virgin. See Ave Maria.

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