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Noun hail has 2 senses

hail - precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
--₁ is a kind of precipitation, downfall
--₁ has part: hailstone
Derived form: verb hail₅
hail - enthusiastic greeting
--₂ is a kind of greeting, salutation

Derived form: verb hail₄

Verb hail has 5 senses

acclaim, hail, herald - praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein"
--₁ is one way to applaud
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue hail the movie
hail, come - be a native of; "She hails from Kalamazoo"
--₂ is one way to be
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
hail - call for; "hail a cab"
--₃ is one way to call, send for
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
hail, herald - greet enthusiastically or joyfully
--₄ is one way to greet, recognize, recognise

Derived form: noun hail₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
hail - precipitate as small ice particles; "It hailed for an hour"
--₅ is one way to precipitate, come down, fall

Derived form: noun hail₁
Sample sentence:
It was hailing all day long