Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
hail (noun)1.
precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow
2.
something that gives the effect of a shower of hail - a hail of rifle fire
intransitive verb
1.
to precipitate hail - it was hailing hard
2.
to pour down or strike like hail
1.
archaic - used as a salutation
2.
- used to express acclamation hail to the chief Sir Walter Scott
transitive verb
1.
a) - salute greet
b) to greet with enthusiastic approval - acclaim
2.
intransitive verb
to greet or summon by calling - hail a taxi to call out , especially to call a greeting to a passing ship
1.
an exclamation of greeting or acclamation
2.
a calling to attract attention
3.
hearing distance - stayed within hail
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
hail (noun)1.
a heavy fall of objects
SYNONIMS:
hail, shower, stormRELATED WORDS:
barrage, bombardment, broadside, cannonade, fusillade, salvo, volley; flood, gush, rush, spate, torrent; eruption, outbreak, outburst2.
a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once
SYNONIMS:
blitz, blitzkrieg, bombardment, cannonade, drumbeat, drumfire, flurry, fusillade, hail, salvo, shower, storm, volleyRELATED WORDS:
broadside, earful; avalanche, burst, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, discharge, engulfment, flood, flood tide, flush, gush, inundation, outburst, outflow, outpouring, overflow, rash, spate, surge, torrent; current, river, stream, tide; excess, glut, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplusNEAR ANTONYMS:
dribble, drip, tricklerange of hearing
SYNONIMS:
hail, hearing, soundRELATED WORDS:
volume; distance, sight1.
to declare enthusiastic approval of
SYNONIMS:
accredit, applaud, cheer, crack up, hail, laud, praise, salute, toutRELATED WORDS:
bravo, clap, rise (to); ballyhoo; approve, commend, endorse ( indorse), favor, recommend, root (for), support; celebrate, emblazon, eulogize, extol ( extoll), glorify, magnify, sing; adulate, belaud, flatter, overpraise; deify, idolizeNEAR ANTONYMS:
belittle, discommend, disparage, put down; blame, censure, reprehend, reprobate; admonish, chide, criticize, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove; castigate, excoriate, keelhaul, lambaste ( lambast), skewer, slag [], vilify2.
to demand or request the presence or service of
SYNONIMS:
call, hailRELATED WORDS:
cite, subpoena; assemble, call out, call up, convene, convoke, muster; ask, bid, invite; command, order, request, requisition; beckon, demand, invoke; buzz, knell, page, ring, whistleNEAR ANTONYMS:
dismiss, send (away), turn away; banish, boot (out), cast out, drum (out), eject, expel, kick out, oust, out, rout, run off, throw out, turf (out) []