hail
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/heɪl/
English
Definitions
noun
- Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
verb
- Of hail, to fall from the sky.“They say it's going to hail tomorrow.”
- To send or release hail.“The cloud would hail down furiously within a few minutes.”
- To pour down in rapid succession.
verb
- To greet; give salutation to; salute.
- To name; to designate; to call.“He was hailed as a hero.”
- To call out loudly in order to gain the attention of“Hail a taxi.”
- To signal in order to initiate communication with.
adjective
- Healthy, whole, safe.