HAIL

hail

(noun) enthusiastic greeting

hail

(noun) many objects thrown forcefully through the air; “a hail of pebbles”; “a hail of bullets”

hail

(noun) precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents

acclaim, hail, herald

(verb) praise vociferously; “The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein”

hail, herald

(verb) greet enthusiastically or joyfully

hail

(verb) call for; “hail a cab”

hail, come

(verb) be a native of; “She hails from Kalamazoo”

hail

(verb) precipitate as small ice particles; “It hailed for an hour”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Hail (plural Hails)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hail is the 364^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 86240 individuals. Hail is most common among White (73.14%) and Black/African American (21.6%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Hlai, hila

Etymology 1

Noun

hail (uncountable)

Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.

Verb

hail (third-person singular simple present hails, present participle hailing, simple past and past participle hailed)

(impersonal) Of hail, to fall from the sky.

(intransitive) To send or release hail.

To pour down in rapid succession.

Etymology 2

Adjective

hail (comparative hailer, superlative hailest)

(obsolete) Healthy, whole, safe.

Verb

hail (third-person singular simple present hails, present participle hailing, simple past and past participle hailed)

(transitive) to greet; give salutation to; salute.

(transitive) To name; to designate; to call.

(transitive) to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of

(transitive) To signal in order to initiate communication with.

Interjection

hail

An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.

Anagrams

• Hlai, hila

Source: Wiktionary

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Hail, n. Etym: [OE. hail, ha, AS. hægel; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. hagel; Icel. hagl; cf. Gr.

Definition: Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are called hailstones. Thunder mixed with hail, Hail mixed with fire, must rend the Egyptian sky. Milton.

Hail, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Halled; p. pr. & vb. n. Halting.] Etym: [OE. hailen, AS. haqalian.]

Definition: To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.

Hail, v. t.

Definition: To pour forcibly down, as hail. Shak.

Hail, a.

Definition: Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).

Hail, v. t. Etym: [OE. hailen, heilen, Icel. heil hale, sound, used in greeting. See Hale sound.]

1. To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.

2. To name; to designate; to call. And such a son as all men hailed me happy. Milton.

Hail, v. i.

1. To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; -- used with from; as, the steamer hails from New York.

2. To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; -- with from. [Colloq.] G. G. Halpine.

Hail, interj. Etym: [See Hail, v. t.]

Definition: An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting. "Hail, brave friend." Shak. All hail. See in the Vocabulary.

– Hail Mary, a form of prayer made use of in the Roman Catholic Church in invocation of the Virgin. See Ave Maria.

Hail, n.

Definition: A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call. "Their puissant hail." M. Arnold. The angel hail bestowed. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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