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hail

/heɪl/noun, verb1 syllable

Hail means: be a native of.

Synonyms for hail6

verb, as in be a native of

come, derive, descend

verb, as in praise vociferously

acclaim, herald

verb, as in greet enthusiastically or joyfully

herald

also used for hail

downpouring

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What does hail mean?8

verb

1

be a native of“She hails from Kalamazoo”

2

praise vociferously“The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein”

3

greet enthusiastically or joyfully

4

call for“hail a cab”

5

precipitate as small ice particles“It hailed for an hour”

noun

1

precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents

2

many objects thrown forcefully through the air“a hail of pebbles”

3

enthusiastic greeting

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with hail?41

two syllables

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All 41 rhymes for hail, grouped by syllable

Hail in a sentence

  • As a rule, hail falls in the summer.RJH
  • When there is snow, ice, sleet, hail, thunder, rain, and wind.rdgscratch
  • Hail all faithful souls, whose bodies here and everywhere do rest in the dust.al_ex_an_der
  • It's neither raining nor snowing today, but there is some light hail.sundown
  • On arriving at the station, he hailed a taxi.sundown
  • You're expected to hail it as a triumph.unknown
  • The mafia boss was killed in a hail of machine gun fire.darinmex
  • The street fight was interrupted with a hail of gunfire.Amastan

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Forms of hail

as a noun

plural
hails

as a verb

past tense
hailed
present participle
hailing
third-person singular
hails
past participle
hailed