1 [usuallypassive] ~ sb/sth (as) sth to describe sb/sth as being very good or special, especially in newspapers, etc:
[VN] The conference was hailed as a great success. * [VN-N] Teenager Matt Brown is being hailed a hero for saving a young child from drowning.
2 [VN] to signal to a taxi or a bus, in order to get the driver to stop:
to hail a taxi / cab
3 [VN] (literary) to call to sb in order to greet them or attract their attention:
A voice hailed us from the other side of the street. * We soon came within hailing distance of (= fairly close to) the others.
seealsoLOUDHAILER
4 [V] when it hails, small balls of ice fall like rain from the sky:
It's hailing!
PHRASALVERBS
hail from... (formal) to come from or have been born in a particular place:
His father hailed from Italy.
Part of speech: noun
1 [U] small balls of ice that fall like rain:
We drove through hail and snow.
2 [sing.] a ~ of sth a large number or amount of sth that is aimed at sb in order to harm them:
a hail of arrows / bullets * a hail of abuse
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is hail a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, hail is tagged as verb.
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