Hail
WordNet
noun
(1) Enthusiastic greeting
(2) Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
verb
(3) Praise vociferously
"The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein"
(4) Greet enthusiastically or joyfully
(5) Call for
"Hail a cab"
(6) Be a native of
"She hails from Kalamazoo"
(7) Precipitate as small ice particles
"It hailed for an hour"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation from a thunderstorm.
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Verb
- Said of the weather when hail is falling.
- They say it's going to hail tomorrow.
- To send or release hail
- The cloud would hail down furiously within a few minutes.
Verb
- Said of the weather when hail is falling.
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