hail
🇺🇸
/heɪl/
🇬🇧
/heɪl/
verb
C1
to praise someone or something as very good or special
The new law was hailed as a great step forward for equality.
R
to signal a taxi or bus to stop
She tried to hail a taxi in the rain.
R
to call out to someone to say hello or get their attention
He saw his friend across the street and hailed him loudly.
R
to fall as small balls of ice from the sky
It started to hail during the storm.
noun
R
small balls of ice that fall from the sky
The sudden hail damaged many cars.
R
a large number of things thrown or shot at someone
The soldiers faced a hail of bullets.
translation
to praise someone or something as very good or special; to signal a taxi or bus to stop; to call out to someone to say hello or get their attention; to fall as small balls of ice from the sky
small balls of ice that fall from the sky; a large number of things thrown or shot at someone
Word Forms
3rd Present
hails
Past
hailed
Perfect
hailed
Progressive
hailing
Plural
hails