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hail English

Meaning hail meaning

What does hail mean?
Definitions in simple English

hail Noun

— Hail is ice that falls from the sky. — A hail of bullets, glass, rocks, etc. is a lot of things flying in someone's direction.

hail Verb

— If you hail something, you say it is very good. — If you hail someone, you call them to get their attention. — If it hails, pieces of ice fall from the sky.

hail

— verb praise vociferously The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein — noun precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents — verb greet enthusiastically or joyfully — verb call for hail a cab — verb be a native of She hails from Kalamazoo — verb precipitate as small ice particles It hailed for an hour — noun many objects thrown forcefully through the air a hail of pebbles a hail of bullets — noun enthusiastic greeting

Synonyms hail synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as hail?

hail English » English

hailstone greet salute call acclaim welcome sleet herald hailstorm applaud snow hailstones greeting yell summon shower salutation ice hello cheer call out shout respect praise pelt invite honor holler extol esteem cry out come amen waylay wave troll town tout torrent throw spatter so be it shy shrill send for say hi say hello say hallo run down rhapsodize

Topics hail topics

What do people use hail to talk about?
Universe, creation Sky Weather

Snow, ice
Physical actions Move Accompany

Move together

Conjugation hail conjugation

How do you conjugate hail?

hail · verb

Examples hail examples

How do I use hail in a sentence?

Simple sentences

His grandparents hail from Silesia.
Hail the Soviet Union!
Hail, Caesar!
As a rule, hail falls in summer.
Have you ever seen it hail?
The mafia boss was killed in a hail of machine gun fire.
There's no need to hail a taxi.
The hail cracked the window.
The hail harmed the crops.
We marched under a hail of bullets.
Hail!
Hail, friend.
Hail, friends.
Hail and farewell, brother.
A banker need not be popular; indeed a good banker in a healthy capitalist society should probably be much disliked. People do not wish to trust their money to a hail-fellow-well-met but to a misanthrope who can say no.

Movie subtitles

All hail Britannia!
Hail to you King Gunther!
Hail!
Hail, Caesar!
Hail! Hail, Caesar!
Caesar, hail!
Hail! Hail, Octavian!
Hail Victory.!
Hail, Men of the Labor Service!
Hail Victory!
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women.
Hail collectivisation!
Hail the dictatorship of the proletariat!
Hail the shock worker's movement!
Rain in most districts, some hail or sleet locally.
Hail, hail Freedonia.
Hail, hail Freedonia, land of the brave and free.
Hail Freedonia, don't you cry for me.
Hail Freedonia!
In the distance, all hail you.
All hail from afar.
Hail Freedonia, don't you cry for me. I'll be comin' round the mountain with a banjo on my knee.
It's a matter of knowing how to hail 'em.

News and current affairs

Many of those arrested and prosecuted hail from Xinjiang, an autonomous region in the northwest of the country that is home to a large and restive Muslim population.
Monetarists hail the low-inflation era as their great achievement.
Already, many (former) politicians and economists (no prizes for guessing whence they mostly hail) are proposing that the EU issue its own sovereign debt, which would alleviate the problems of countries such as Greece and Italy.
Thirty African governments have ratified the ICC's governing statute, and several of the Court's 18 judges hail from Africa, as does a substantial portion of its staff.
Indeed, intellectuals and politicians of all varieties almost unanimously hail the politics of caste identity as a move towards true equality.
Chinese and Indian engineers hail from places that have much more in common with nitty-gritty Africa than comfortable Silicon Valley or Cambridge.
There are not enough tents, blankets, and warm clothes to go around. Hundreds of tent clusters have come up, but thousands of families remain out under the skies, facing rain and hail, and with dread in their hearts.
Some of China's biggest private entrepreneurs come from extremely humble backgrounds. Many hail from China's impoverished interior and rural areas.
Many hail from China's impoverished interior and rural areas.

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