Meaning of "hail" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HAIL

Old English hægl; related to Old Frisian heil, Old High German hagal hail, Greek kakhlēx pebble.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF HAIL

hail  [heɪl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAIL

Hail is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb hail in English.

WHAT DOES HAIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hail

Hail is a form of solid precipitation. It is distinct from sleet, though the two are often confused for one another. It consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice, each of which is called a hailstone. Sleet falls generally in cold weather while hail growth is greatly inhibited at cold temperatures. Unlike graupel, which is made of rime, and ice pellets, which are smaller and translucent, hailstones consist mostly of water ice and measure between 5 millimetres and 15 centimetres in diameter. The METAR reporting code for hail 5 mm or greater is GR, while smaller hailstones and graupel are coded GS. Hail is possible within most thunderstorms as it is produced by cumulonimbi, and within 2 nautical miles of the parent storm. Hail formation requires environments of strong, upward motion of air with the parent thunderstorm and lowered heights of the freezing level. In the mid-latitudes, hail forms near the interiors of continents, while in the tropics, it tends to be confined to high elevations. There are methods available to detect hail-producing thunderstorms using weather satellites and weather radar imagery.

Definition of hail in the English dictionary

The first definition of hail in the dictionary is small pellets of ice falling from cumulonimbus clouds when there are very strong rising air currents. Other definition of hail is a shower or storm of such pellets. Hail is also words, ideas, etc, directed with force and in great quantity.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HAIL

PRESENT

Present

I hail

you hail

he/she/it hails

we hail

you hail

they hail

Present continuous

I am hailing

you are hailing

he/she/it is hailing

we are hailing

you are hailing

they are hailing

Present perfect

I have hailed

you have hailed

he/she/it has hailed

we have hailed

you have hailed

they have hailed

Present perfect continuous

I have been hailing

you have been hailing

he/she/it has been hailing

we have been hailing

you have been hailing

they have been hailing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I hailed

you hailed

he/she/it hailed

we hailed

you hailed

they hailed

Past continuous

I was hailing

you were hailing

he/she/it was hailing

we were hailing

you were hailing

they were hailing

Past perfect

I had hailed

you had hailed

he/she/it had hailed

we had hailed

you had hailed

they had hailed

Past perfect continuous

I had been hailing

you had been hailing

he/she/it had been hailing

we had been hailing

you had been hailing

they had been hailing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will hail

you will hail

he/she/it will hail

we will hail

you will hail

they will hail

Future continuous

I will be hailing

you will be hailing

he/she/it will be hailing

we will be hailing

you will be hailing

they will be hailing

Future perfect

I will have hailed

you will have hailed

he/she/it will have hailed

we will have hailed

you will have hailed

they will have hailed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been hailing

you will have been hailing

he/she/it will have been hailing

we will have been hailing

you will have been hailing

they will have been hailing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would hail

you would hail

he/she/it would hail

we would hail

you would hail

they would hail

Conditional continuous

I would be hailing

you would be hailing

he/she/it would be hailing

we would be hailing

you would be hailing

they would be hailing

Conditional perfect

I would have hail

you would have hail

he/she/it would have hail

we would have hail

you would have hail

they would have hail

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been hailing

you would have been hailing

he/she/it would have been hailing

we would have been hailing

you would have been hailing

they would have been hailing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you hail
we let´s hail
you hail

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to hail

Past participle

hailed

Present Participle

hailing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «HAIL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hail» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of hail

acclaim · accost · acknowledge · address · applaud · barrage · batter · battery · bombard · bombardment · broadside · call · cheer · downpour · exalt · glorify · greet · hailstorm · halloo · honour · pelt · rain · salute · salvo · shower · sing out · sleet · speak to · storm · summon · volley · wave down · welcome

TRANSLATION OF HAIL

Find out the translation of hail to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of hail from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hail» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 冰雹
• Translator English - Spanish: granizo
• English: hail
• Translator English - Hindi: जय हो
• Translator English - Arabic: بَرَد
• Translator English - Russian: град
• Translator English - Portuguese: granizo
• Translator English - Bengali: শিলাবৃষ্টি
• Translator English - French: grêle
• Translator English - Malay: Hail
• Translator English - German: Hagel
• Translator English - Japanese: 雹
• Translator English - Korean: 우박
• Translator English - Javanese: Udan
• Translator English - Vietnamese: mưa đá
• Translator English - Tamil: விமர்சகர்களின் பாராட்டைப் பெற்றது
• Translator English - Marathi: गारा
• Translator English - Turkish: dolu
• Translator English - Italian: grandine
• Translator English - Polish: grad
• Translator English - Ukrainian: град
• Translator English - Romanian: grindină
• Translator English - Greek: χαλάζι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: hael
• Translator English - Swedish: hagel
• Translator English - Norwegian: hagl

10 QUOTES WITH «HAIL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hail.

1

Diane Ackerman

When a hurricane thrashes the mid-Atlantic, my hilly town often reaps the fringe of the storm. The rain starts blowing sideways, and sometimes we see hail the size of purie marbles.

2

George Linnaeus Banks

I live to hail that season by gifted one foretold, when men shall live by reason, and not alone by gold.

3

Claudia Black

My boyfriend's idea of a lesson was to take me on a black diamond run in the middle of a hail storm and say, 'Go!' Ski patrol had to escort me to another lift to get me down the mountain. No, that wasn't humiliating, not at all.

4

Erasmus Darwin

And hail their queen, fair regent of the night.

5

Cary Fukunaga

I live in Brooklyn, New York, and hail from the 'East Bay,' Oakland, CA.

6

David Garrick

Let others hail the rising sun: I bow to that whose course is run.

7

James Longstreet

The town caught fire in several places, shells crashed and burst, and solid shot rained like hail.

8

Edouard Manet

Insults are pouring down on me as thick as hail.

9

Bill Paxton

I grew up in Texas, but that was 20 years ago. Last year, in Fort Worth, they had hail the size of softballs. We're seeing more and more powerful storms, of all types, almost on a biblical level.

10

Sally Phillips

When I'm a brunette, it's four times harder to hail a taxi. Then I go blonde again, and suddenly there are taxis everywhere.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAIL»

Discover the use of hail in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hail and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Hail, Holy Queen: The Mother of God in the Word of God

Presents a new perspective on Mary, Mother of God by reinterpreting the Marian doctrines to provide more understanding of their relecance to faith and religion today.

Scott Hahn, 2006

Hail

Describes hailstorms, how they begin, how hailstones are formed, the damage they can cause, and safety precautions to observe during such storms.

Liza N. Burby, 1999

Hail Satan

A collection of Satanic verse by Mykhailo Chornyisyn illustrated by M.B. The book is of particular interest to the Satanist, Thelemite, Luciferian, nihilist, occultist, atheist, hedonist and misanthrope.

Mykhailo Chornyisyn, 2009

Hail Orisha!: A Phenomenology of a West African Religion in ...

Informed by the documentation of journals and letters of the time, this book offers a detailed view of the day-to-day religion and life of "orisha" worshippers in West Africa around the mid-nineteenth century, before the advent of colonial ...

Peter Rutherford McKenzie, 1997

Hail Mary Corner

Bill, 16, lives in a Benedictine seminary. On the road to certain expulsion, he discovers two secrets that trigger an event that may haunt him for the rest of his life.

Brian Payton, 2001

All Hail the Birthday Queen

Well-known illustrator Mary Engelbreit brings you a classic and colorful birthday book that will put you at the top of any queen's list.

‎2002

Hail Victory: An Oral History of the Washington Redskins

In Hail Victory, Washington sportswriter Thom Loverro reconstructs the glorious history of this storied franchise through exclusive interviews with a host of the greatest and most beloved players ever to wear a Redskins jersey.

Thom Loverro, 2006

Hail to Thee, Okoboji U!: A Humor Anthology on Higher Education

"HAIL TO THEE, OKOBOJI U! takes a light-hearted look at the groves of academe and will appeal to administrators and faculty members, graduates and students, and all of us who wonder what really goes on in the ivory towers."--BOOK JACKET.

Mark C. Ebersole, 1998

Hail and Farewell: Slave

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.

George Moore, 2008

Report on "The Star-Spangled Banner", "Hail Columbia", ...

A report by the Chief of the Music Division of the Library of Congress on the history and evolution of several of the United State's most evocative and patriotic songs --: "The Star-Spangled Banner," "Hail Columbia," "America," and "Yankee ...

Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hail is used in the context of the following news items.

Two Rounds of Severe Storms Bring Damaging Hail, High Winds to …

Damaging winds, heavy rain, large hail and lightning could develop early Monday morning and again in the afternoon. View Comments ( 0 ). «NBC Chicago, Jul 15»

Denver weather: Afternoon storms could bring hail, heavy rain - The …

Massive rain and hail storm hit Denver on Wednesday June 24, 2015. (Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post) ... «The Denver Post, Jul 15»

ENHANCED RISK for severe today.... very large hail possible …

Some will contain very large hail and possibly a tornado. The storms will form into a cluster with the threat transitioning to wind damage ... «WLKY Louisville, Jul 15»

Thunderstorms and hail possible Tuesday in Lancaster County …

In Lancaster, the hail will likely be small and most of the thunderstorms will be after 4 p.m., the National Weather Service predicts. Apart from ... «LancasterOnline, Jul 15»

Slight risk for severe thunderstorms today with hail, wind | WRIC

Slight risk for severe thunderstorms today with hail, wind. By Matt DiNardo Published: July 14, 2015, 4:39 am Updated: July 14, 2015, 4:44 am. Click to share on ... «WRIC, Jul 15»

Storms pelt Ottawa, Marseilles with hail; Readers share Monday …

Hail from Monday evening's storm smashed the rear window of Amanda Rose Hicks-Barnhardt's car. Hicks-Barnhardt was visiting her mother in ... «The Times, Jul 15»

Hail, high winds in local forecast - Robesonian - robesonian.com

LUMBERTON — Robeson County residents need to be ready to take cover as storms moving through Robeson County could bring hail, ... «The Robesonian, Jul 15»

Spectacular storm delivers hail damage to Marseilles - News Tribune

However, Marseilles suffered severe and widespread, damaging hail out of some of the spectacular cloud formations that had Illinois Valley ... «LaSalle News Tribune, Jul 15»

UK weather forecasts rain for St Swithin's Day with hail thunder and …

Rain is forecast for St Swithin's Day tomorrow meaning 40 more days of downpours - so it's no surprise that hail, thunder and high winds are on ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

All hail The Toddfather: Cincinnati's Todd Frazier wins Home Run …

Todd Frazier, Cincinnati's hometown All-Star, gave the fans exactly what they wanted Monday night at the MLB Home Run Derby: a thrilling ... «Yahoo Sports, Jul 15»