Hail
21hail — vb salute, greet, *address, accost …
22hail — hail1 hailer, n. /hayl/, v.t. 1. to cheer, salute, or greet; welcome. 2. to acclaim; approve enthusiastically: The crowds hailed the conquerors. They hailed the recent advances in medicine. 3. to call out to in order to stop, attract attention,… …
23hail — [[t]he͟ɪl[/t]] hails, hailing, hailed 1) VERB: usu passive If a person, event, or achievement is hailed as important or successful, they are praised publicly. [be V ed as n] Faulkner has been hailed as the greatest American novelist of his… …
24hail — {{11}}hail (interj.) greetings! c.1200, from a Scandinavian source, Cf. O.N. heill health, prosperity, good luck; and from O.E. hals, shortening of wæs hæil be healthy (see HEALTH (Cf. health) and Cf. WASSAIL (Cf. wassail)). {{12}}hail (n.)… …
25hail — 01. I was woken up in the night by the sound of [hail] hitting the bedroom window. 02. [Hail] destroys hundreds of millions of dollars worth of crops and property each year. 03. [Hail] is not seasonal, so it can occur at any time of year. 04.… …
26hail — hail1 [heıl] n [: Old English; Origin: hagal, hAgl] 1.) [U] frozen rain drops which fall as hard balls of ice ▪ heavy showers of rain and hail 2.) a hail of bullets/stones etc a large number of bullets, stones etc that are thrown or fired at… …
27hail — I. /heɪl / (say hayl) verb (t) 1. to salute or greet; welcome. 2. to salute or name as: to hail (someone as) victor. 3. to acclaim; to approve with enthusiasm. 4. to attract the attention of, by calling out, waving the hand, etc.: to hail a… …
28hail — v. 1) (C) ( to summon ) hail a taxi for me; or: hail me a taxi 2) (esp. AE) (d; intr.) to hail from ( to be from ) (where do you hail from?) 3) (D; tr.) ( to proclaim ) to hail as (she was hailed as a heroine) 4) (rare) (N; used with a noun) ( to …
29hail — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun HAIL + VERB ▪ fall ▪ Hail fell shortly after lunch. ▪ melt ▪ The hail melted once the sun came out. HAIL + NOUN ▪ …
30hail — I [[t]heɪl[/t]] v. t. 1) to cheer, salute, or greet; welcome 2) to acclaim; approve enthusiastically 3) to call out to, as in order to stop or to attract the attention of: to hail a cab[/ex] 4) phv hail from, to have as one s place of birth or… …
