āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
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āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŦā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ, āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛āĻž
small and round balls of ice falling from the sky like rain
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The farmer was worried about his crops during the severe hail storm.
āĻā§āĻˇāĻ āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŦā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĢāĻ¸āĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
a warm, enthusiastic, or celebratory greeting or reception
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The team was met with a hail of applause.
03
a large number of objects thrown or shot forcefully through the air
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Soldiers endured a hail of bullets during the skirmish.
to hail
01
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŦā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŦā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
(of water) to fall from the sky as small ice particles
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Last winter, it hailed so heavily that the cars in the parking lot were covered in ice.
āĻāĻ¤ āĻļā§āĻ¤ā§, āĻāĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŦā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻ˛āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°āĻĢā§ āĻĸā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļāĻāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to praise someone or something enthusiastically and loudly, particularly in a public manner
Transitive: to hail sb/sth | to hail sb/sth as sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Industry experts hailed the new technology as a groundbreaking innovation during the product launch event.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻˇāĻā§āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻĒāĻŖā§āĻ¯ āĻ˛āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ¨ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļāĻāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
āĻļā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to greet or honor someone with respect or admiration
Transitive: to hail sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The crowd hailed the returning hero with cheers and applause.
āĻāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ¸āĻž āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ§āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻļā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ā§
to call out to someone in order to attract their attention or to signal them to approach
Transitive: to hail sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He hailed the waiter to order another drink.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻā§ āĻĄā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ
āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻāĻĻā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ¸āĻž
to originate or come from a specific place or region
Intransitive: to hail from a place
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The famous author hails from a family of artists.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¨.
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āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to signal an approaching taxi or bus to stop
Transitive: to hail a taxi or bus
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He stepped off the curb and hailed the approaching bus.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻĢā§āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĨ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§ āĻāĻ¸āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
