Advertisement
Advertisement
hail
1[ heyl ]
verb (used with object)
- to cheer, salute, or greet; welcome.
- to acclaim; approve enthusiastically:
The crowds hailed the conquerors. They hailed the recent advances in medicine.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,
- to call out to in order to stop, attract attention, ask aid, etc.:
to hail a cab.
verb (used without object)
- to call out in order to greet, attract attention, etc.:
The people on land hailed as we passed in the night.
noun
- a shout or call to attract attention:
They answered the hail of the marooned boaters.
- a salutation or greeting:
a cheerful hail.
- the act of hailing.
interjection
- (used as a salutation, greeting, or acclamation.)
verb phrase
- to have as one's place of birth or residence:
Nearly everyone here hails from the Midwest.
hail
2[ heyl ]
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.
verb (used without object)
- to pour down hail (often used impersonally with it as subject):
It hailed this afternoon.
- to fall or shower as hail:
Arrows hailed down on the troops as they advanced.
verb (used with object)
- to pour down on as or like hail:
The plane hailed leaflets on the city.
hail
1/ 丑别瑟濒 /
noun
- small pellets of ice falling from cumulonimbus clouds when there are very strong rising air currents
- a shower or storm of such pellets
- words, ideas, etc, directed with force and in great quantity
a hail of abuse
- a collection of objects, esp bullets, spears, etc, directed at someone with violent force
verb
- intr; with it as subject to be the case that hail is falling
- often withit as subject to fall or cause to fall as or like hail
bad language hailed about him
to hail criticism
hail
2/ 丑别瑟濒 /
verb
- to greet, esp enthusiastically
the crowd hailed the actress with joy
- to acclaim or acknowledge
they hailed him as their hero
- to attract the attention of by shouting or gesturing
to hail a passing ship
to hail a taxi
- intrfoll byfrom to be a native (of); originate (in)
she hails from India
noun
- the act or an instance of hailing
- a shout or greeting
- distance across which one can attract attention (esp in the phrase within hail )
sentence substitute
- poetic.an exclamation of greeting
hail
- 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.
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.
Derived Forms
- 藞丑补颈濒别谤, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 丑补颈濒顎侥谤 noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of hail1
Origin of hail2
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of hail1
Origin of hail2
Idioms and Phrases
- within hail, within range of hearing; audible:
The mother kept her children within hail of her voice.
More idioms and phrases containing hail
In addition to the idiom beginning with hail , also see within call (hail) .Example Sentences
White House officials are hailing the milestone this week, proclaiming that, in his initial sprint, the president has already accomplished much of what he had promised.
Ahead of India's general elections in 2024, Modi hailed the "freedom" that had come to the region, saying Kashmir was touching new heights of development because it was breathing freely.
Tuesday's bloodshed in Pahalgam - where at least 26 tourists were killed in a hail of gunfire - marks the deadliest militant attack in Kashmir since 2019.
Mohammed Sami hails from Baghdad and his work draws on his life and experiences during the Iraq war and as a refugee in Sweden.
If the sole predictor of who would become the next Pope was where the Catholic Church is growing fastest, then it is almost certain he would hail from Africa.
Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse