noun. Precipitation in the form of spherical or irregular pellets of ice larger than 5 millimeters (0.2 inch) in diameter, usually associated with thunderstorms.

noun. Something that falls with the force and quantity of a shower of ice and hard snow.

intransitive verb. To precipitate in pellets of ice and hard snow.

intransitive verb. To fall like hailstones.

intransitive verb. To pour (something) down or forth.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To salute or greet.

intransitive verb. To greet or acclaim enthusiastically.

intransitive verb. To call out or yell in order to catch the attention of.

intransitive verb. To signal or call to a passing ship as a greeting or identification.

noun. The act of greeting or acclaiming.

noun. A shout made to catch someone's attention or to greet.

noun. Hailing distance.

interjection. Used to express a greeting or tribute.

phrasal verb. To come or originate from.

To pour down hail.

To pour down or put forth like hail; emit in rapid succession.

To salute; welcome; address.

To call to, as a person, or, by metonymy, a place, house, ship, etc., at a distance; cry out to in order to attract attention.

To offer or exchange greeting or tidings; report or declare one's self.

noun. A salutation; greeting; call; summons; challenge of attention.

See hale.

noun. The varions responses made by naval officers at night to the sentry, by which the latter may learn the rank of the officer approaching the vessel, are as follows: Flag-officers answer “flag!” the captain gives the name of his ship; the ward-room officers answer, “Aye, aye!” the steerage and warrant officers answer, “No, no!” and petty officers and members of the crew answer, “Hello!” Yachtsmen have adopted this code with a slight modification.

Be whole; be safe; be happy: a term of salutation now used without thought of its literal meaning, and merely as an exclamatory expression of well-wishing: used absolutely, or followed by a noun with to.

noun. Pellets of ice falling in showers.

intransitive verb. To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.

transitive verb. To pour forcibly down, as hail.

noun. Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are called hailstones.

interjection. An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.

interjection. See in the Vocabulary.

interjection. a form of prayer made use of in the Roman Catholic Church in invocation of the Virgin. See Ave Maria.

noun. A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call.

transitive verb. To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.

transitive verb. To name; to designate; to call.

adjective. Healthy. See hale (the preferable spelling).

intransitive verb. To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; -- used with from.

intransitive verb. To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; -- with from.

noun. Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.

verb. Said of the weather when hail is falling.

verb. to send or release hail

verb. to greet

verb. to praise enthusiastically

verb. to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of

adjective. Healthy, whole, safe.

verb. call for

verb. praise vociferously

verb. precipitate as small ice particles

verb. be a native of

noun. precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents

noun. many objects thrown forcefully through the air

"The term hail was a common mode of salutation to a king, or even to a friend."

greet  hall mary  soft hail  to hail for a trip  to hail from  

hail from  hail storm  hailed  hailing  hailstone  

applaud  be  call  comedown  downfall  

Bayle  Braille  Dail  Dale  Gael  

avalanche  blast  blizzard  clatter  crackle  

a mass of  a world of  abide by  accede  accept  

hale  

hailed  hailing  hails