hail
[noun]
Synonyms:
- bombardment, barrage, downpour, rain, shower, storm, volley
[verb]
Synonyms:
- rain down on, batter, beat down upon, bombard, pelt, rain, shower
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[verb]
Synonyms:
- greet, acclaim, acknowledge, applaud, cheer, honour, salute, welcome
- flag down, signal to, wave down
- hail from: come from, be a native of, be born in, originate in

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Contrasted words: belittle, depreciate, disparage, downgrade, berate, censure, condemn, libel, rap, dismiss, reject
Related Words: hallo, hallow, holler, shout

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English Thesaurus: rain, drizzle, shower, downpour, hail, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. hail¹ /heɪl/ noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: hagal, hægl]

1. [uncountable] frozen raindrops which fall as hard balls of ice:
heavy showers of rain and hail

2. a hail of bullets/stones etc a large number of bullets, stones etc that are thrown or fired at someone:
The aircraft were met by a hail of gunfire.

3. a hail of criticism/abuse etc a lot of criticism etc:
The proposals met with a hail of criticism.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. hail² verb
[Sense 2: Date: 1200-1300; Origin: hail³]
[Sense 3: Language: Old English; Origin: hagalian, from hagal; ⇒ hail¹]

1. [transitive] to describe someone or something as being very good
hail somebody/something as something
Lang’s first film was immediately hailed as a masterpiece.
be hailed something
The new service has been hailed a success.
A young man is being hailed a hero tonight after rescuing two children.

2. [transitive] to call to someone in order to greet them or try to attract their attention:
She leaned out of the window and hailed a passerby.
hail a cab/taxi
The hotel doorman will hail a cab for you.

3. it hails if it hails, small balls of ice fall like rain:
It’s windy and hailing outside.
hail from something phrasal verb old-fashioned
to have been born in a particular place:
And where do you hail from?

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

hail
noun
HAIL + VERB fall Hail fell shortly after lunch.
melt The hail melted once the sun came out.
PREP. in (the) ~ We got caught in the hail.
through (the) ~ driving through the hail

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

rain noun [uncountable] water that falls in small drops from clouds in the sky:
The rain has stopped at last.
There had been heavy rain during the night.
drizzle noun [uncountable] light rain with very small drops of water:
A light drizzle was falling as I left the house.
shower noun [countable] a short period of rain that can be heavy or light:
More heavy showers are forecast for tonight.
a light shower of rain
downpour noun [countable usually singular] a short period of very heavy rain that starts suddenly:
A sudden downpour sent us running for shelter.
a torrential downpour
hail noun [uncountable] frozen rain that falls in the form of hailstones (=small balls of ice):
The hail and high winds have destroyed many of the county’s crops.
sleet noun [uncountable] a mixture of snow and rain:
The rain had turned to sleet
Sleet and snow fell.
the rains noun [plural] heavy rain that falls during a particular period in the year in tropical countries:
The farmers are waiting for the rains to come.
monsoon noun [countable ] the heavy rain that falls between April and October in India and other southern Asian countries:
The monsoon is late this year.
the monsoon season
it rains heavily/hard (=a lot of water comes down)
It was raining heavily when we arrived in New York.
it rains non-stop/solidly/steadily (=without stopping)
It rained solidly every single day.
it rains slightly/lightly (=a little water comes down)
It’s raining slightly, but we can still go out.
it starts raining/it starts to rain
It had started to rain again.
it stops raining
Has it stopped raining?
it is raining cats and dogs informal (=it is raining very hard – this phrase sounds rather old-fashioned)
it’s raining drops of water are falling from the sky:
It’s raining – you’d better take an umbrella.
it’s pouring (down) British English, it’s pouring (rain) American English it is raining very heavily:
We stayed at home because it was pouring down all day.
it’s chucking it down British English informal it is raining very heavily:
Outside it was chucking it down and the streets were deserted.
it’s drizzling very gentle rain is falling:
It’s only drizzling – let’s go for a walk anyway.
it’s hailing frozen rain in the form of small balls of ice are falling:
It had been hailing and the roads were still slippery.

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