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1. Praise vociferously
   "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein"
   - acclaim, herald
    
2. Be a native of
   "She hails from Kalamazoo"
   - come
    
3. Call for
   "hail a cab"
    
4. Greet enthusiastically or joyfully
   - herald
    
5. Precipitate as small ice particles
   "It hailed for an hour"

1. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
    
2. Many objects thrown forcefully through the air
   "a hail of pebbles"; "a hail of bullets"
    
3. Enthusiastic greeting

Sounds like: hale

Derived forms: hailed, hailing, hails

Type of: applaud, be, call, come down, downfall, fall, greet, greeting, object, physical object, precipitate, precipitation, recognise [Brit], recognize, salutation, send for

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