Main entry: hail
Definition: enthusiastic greeting
Main entry: hail
Definition: many objects thrown forcefully through the air
Usage: a hail of pebbles; a hail of bullets
Main entry: hail
Definition: precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
Main entry: acclaim, herald, hail
Definition: praise vociferously
Usage: The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein
Definition: greet enthusiastically or joyfully
Main entry: hail
Definition: call for
Usage: hail a cab
Definition: be a native of
Usage: She hails from Kalamazoo
Main entry: hail
Definition: precipitate as small ice particles
Usage: It hailed for an hour