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- DictionaryHail/hāl/
verb
- 1. call out to (someone) to attract attention: "the crew hailed a fishing boat"
- 2. acclaim enthusiastically as being a specified thing: "he has been hailed as the new James Dean"
exclamation
- 1. expressing greeting or acclaim: archaic "hail, Caesar!"
noun
- 1. a shout or call used to attract attention.
3 days ago · hail in American English. (heil) 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.
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."
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.
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.
to call out to in order to stop, attract attention, ask aid, etc.: to hail a cab.
Definition of hail verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Hail is a form of solid precipitation. [1] . It is distinct from ice pellets (American English "sleet"), though the two are often confused. [2] . It consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice, each of which is called a hailstone. [3] .
