Hail
31hail — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hægl; akin to Old High German hagal hail Date: before 12th century 1. precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow 2.… …
32hail — I UK [heɪl] / US verb Word forms hail : present tense I/you/we/they hail he/she/it hails present participle hailing past tense hailed past participle hailed * 1) [transitive] to say publicly how good or important someone or something is hail… …
33hail — hail1 [ heıl ] verb * 1. ) transitive to say publicly how good or important something is: hail something as something: The court s ruling was immediately hailed as a victory for freedom. 2. ) intransitive if it hails, small balls of ice fall from …
34hail — 1 noun 1 (U) frozen rain drops which fall as hard balls of ice 2 a hail of bullets/stones a large number of bullets, stones etc thrown or fired at someone 3 a hail of criticism/abuse a lot of criticism etc 2 verb (T) to call to someone in order… …
35Haïl — 27° 31′ 00″ N 41° 41′ 00″ E / 27.516667, 41.683333 …
36hail — Not surprisingly, hail ‘frozen rain’ [OE] and hail ‘call out’ [12] are quite unrelated. The former, together with its German and Dutch relative hagel, comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *hagalaz, which is related ultimately to Greek kákhlēx… …
37hail — hail1 noun 1》 pellets of frozen rain falling in showers from cumulonimbus clouds. 2》 a large number of things hurled forcefully through the air: a hail of bullets. verb (it hails, it is hailing, etc.) hail falls. Origin OE hagol, hægl (n.),… …
38hail — Not surprisingly, hail ‘frozen rain’ [OE] and hail ‘call out’ [12] are quite unrelated. The former, together with its German and Dutch relative hagel, comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *hagalaz, which is related ultimately to Greek kákhlēx… …
39hail — 1. n. & v. n. 1 pellets of frozen rain falling in showers from cumulonimbus clouds. 2 (foll. by of) a barrage or onslaught (of missiles, curses, questions, etc.). v. 1 intr. (prec. by it as subject) hail falls (it is hailing; if it hails). 2 a tr …
40hail — 1. noun /heɪl/ Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm. 2. verb /heɪl/ a) Said of the weather when hail is falling. They say its going to hail tomorrow. b) …
