hail in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
hail in Hindi हिन्दी
hail in Marathi मराठी
hail in Sindhi سنڌي
hail in Tamil தமிழ்
hail in English
- hail⇄expr. drink hail, a salutation in reply to the pledge of wassail.
Ex. The cup was offered with the salutation, ""Wassail,"" to which the knight replied, ""drink hail!"" - hail⇄expr. hail fellow well met. See under fellow.
- hail⇄expr. hail from, to come from.
Ex. The ship hails from Boston. - hail⇄expr. within hail, near enough to hear a call or shout.
Ex. When the President came within hail of us, we cheered. When we came within hail, we found that they were English (William Dampier). - hail⇄hail (1), verb, noun, interjection.
- hail⇄hail (2), noun, verb.
- hail⇄hail (3), adjective.
(Obsolete.) hale; whole. - hail⇄interj. greetings! welcome!.
Ex. Hail to the winner! - hail⇄noun hailer.
- hail⇄noun 1. a shout of welcome; greeting; cheer.
2. a loud call; shout.
Ex. The ship moved out without heeding our hails. - hail⇄noun 1. small, roundish pieces of ice or frozen vapor coming down from the clouds in a shower; frozen rain; hailstones.
Ex. Hail fell with such violence that it broke windows.
2a. a shower or storm of hail.
b. (Figurative:)
Ex. - hail⇄v.i. to call out in order to attract attention.
- hail⇄v.i. to fall in hail.
Ex. Sometimes it hails during a summer thunderstorm. - hail⇄v.t. (Figurative.) to pour down in a shower like hail.
Ex. The angry mob hailed blows on the thief. - hail⇄v.t. 1. to shout in welcome to; greet; cheer.
Ex. The crowd hailed the winner.
(SYN) address, salute.
2. to greet as; call.
Ex. They hailed him leader.
3. to call loudly to; shout to.
Ex. After our car stalled, we h