Hail

Definitions

1. A province of Saudi Arabia
2. A surname.
3. Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
   uncountable
4. An occurrence of this type of precipitation; a hailstorm.
   countable
5. A city in Hail, Saudi Arabia
6. To pour (something) down or forth: They hailed insults at me.
7. A rapid, intense barrage by a large number of projectiles or other objects.
   broadly, countable
8. To signal or call to a passing ship as a greeting or identification.
9. Used to express a greeting or tribute.
10. To come or originate from: She hails from Texas.
11. within hail, within range of hearing; audible.
12. Precipitation in the form of rounded pellets of ice and hard snow that usually falls during thunderstorms. Hail forms when raindrops are blown up and down within a cloud, passing repeatedly through layers of warm and freezing air and collecting layers of ice until they are too heavy for the winds to keep them from falling.
13. A concentrated outpouring, as of missiles, words, or blows:barrage, bombardment, burst, cannonade, fusillade, salvo, shower, storm, volley.
14. An expression, in words or gestures, marking a meeting of persons:greeting, salutation, salute, welcome.
15. to shower hail. It was hailing as I drove home. hael يَنْزِلُ البَرَد بِغَزارَه вали град chover granizo (kroupy) padat hageln hagle ρίχνει χαλάζι granizar rahet sadama تگرگ باریدن sataa rakeita grêler לָרֶדֶת בָּרָד पुकारना padati (tuca), obilno padati jég(eső) esik berhujan es gera haglél grandinare あられが降る 싸라기눈(우박)이 내리다 kristi (apie krušą) (par krusu) birt hujan batu hagelsteenhaglepadać ږلۍاوريدل cair saraiva a bate grindină идёт град padať (krúpy, ľadovec) padati (toča) padanje grada hagl...
16. a ball of hail. Hailstones battered against the window. haelsteen حَبَّة بَرَد зърно от град granizo kroupa das Hagelkorn hagl κόκκος χαλαζιού granizo, piedra rahetera دانه تگرگ rae grêlon כָּדוּר בָּרָד ओला zrno tuce jég(eső)szem batu es hagl, haglél chicco di grandine あられの粒 싸라기눈 krušos kruopelė krusas grauds ketulan hujan batu hagelsteenhagl kulka gradu ږلۍ( دانه granizo grindină, pia­tră градина krúpy zrno toče grad hagel ลูกเห็บ dolu 冰雹 градина اولا، ژالہ cục mưa đá 雹子

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Examples

“Their lack of good intelligence also meant that they vastly overestimated the size of their foes for far too long, hails of armor-piercing shells doing comparatively little damage⟳ compared to the high explosive that they should have⟳ been using.”

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