hail!

Definition of hail! in English English dictionary: to greet
Hail Linzen.; Healthy, whole, safe; Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm; to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of
Hail a taxi.; {e} all health be to you; {n} frozen rain; {v} to pour down hail, salute, call out to; Hail is observed precipitation in the form of small balls or pieces of ice (hialstones), falling either separately or agglomerated into irregular lumps Hail falls during heavy thunderstorms; A precipitation from clouds in pellets of ice and hard snow; Hail consists of small balls of ice that fall like rain from the sky. a sharp short-lived storm with heavy hail; Someone who hails from a particular place was born there or lives there. I hail from Brighton; Healthy; To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; used with from; as, the steamer hails from New York; To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address; When it hails, hail falls like rain from the sky. It started to hail, huge great stones; Said of the weather when hail is falling; [of Hægel (Saxon), or , Hagol (Saxon) , Hagel (S Du and G )] a Meteor formed of Flocks of Snow, which being melted by warm Air, and afterwards meeting with cold Air, is congealed and turns to Hail, whose Stones are of a different Figure, according to the Solution of the Flocks, and fall rudely by reason of their Weight; {f} rain down hail; pour down like hail, fall with force; salute, greet, welcome; call to from a distance; enthusiastic greeting; a frozen form of precipitation in which droplets reach the ground still frozen as ice Individual droplets, or hailstones, can range in size from a grain of sand to a large cobble; millimetric or larger precipitation particle of ice, formed by the accretion of ice crystals and rapidly freezing supercooled water droplets; praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein"; greet enthusiastically or joyfully; Precipitation in the form of transparent or partially opaque balls or irregular lumps of concentric ice Hail is normally defined as having a diameter of 5 millimeters or more and is produced by thunderstorms; - rain in the form of pellets of ice sometimes produced by strong thunderstorms It can be smaller than a pea or as large as a softball and very destructive to plants and crops In a hailstorm, take cover immediately; enthusiastic greeting precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents greet enthusiastically or joyfully call for; "hail a cab"; Precipitation composed of balls or irregular lumps of ice with diameters between 5 and 50 mm; To send or release hail; precipitate as small ice particles; "It hailed for an hour"; Precipitation in the form of balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of ice A thunderstorm is classified as severe when it produces hail 3/4 of an inch or larger in diameter The following table shows hail size estimates; showery precipitation in the form of irregular pellets or balls of ice more than 5 mm in diameter, falling from a cumulonimbus cloud; If you hail a taxi, you wave at it in order to stop it because you want the driver to take you somewhere. I hurried away to hail a taxi. Precipitation of balls or pieces of ice with a diameter of; See Hale (the preferable spelling); Precipitation that originates in convective clouds, such as cumulonimbus, in the form of balls or irregular pieces of ice, which comes in different shapes and sizes Hail is considered to have a diameter of 5 millimeter or more; smaller bits of ice are classified as ice pellets, snow pellets, or graupel Individual lumps are called hailstones It is reported as "GR" in an observation and on the METAR Small hail and/or snow pellets is reported as "GS" in an observation and on the METAR; Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation from a thunderstorm; Precipitation in the form of balls or irregular lumps of ice; A hail of things, usually small objects, is a large number of them that hit you at the same time and with great force. The victim was hit by a hail of bullets; Precipitation of small balls or other pieces of ice (hailstones) falling separately or frozen together in irregular lumps (Typically associated with thunderstorms and surface temperatures above freezing); To call out to loudly in order to gain the attention of; is precipitation composed of lumps of ice Hail is produced when large frozen raindrops or other particles in cumulonimbus clouds, grow by accumulating supercooled liquid droplets Violent updrafts in the cloud carry the particles up through the freezing all; allowing the frozen core to accumulate more ice when the piece of hail becomes too heavy to be carried by rising air currents, it falls to the ground; To name; to designate; to call; Precipitation in the form of balls or clumps of ice produced by thunderstorms Severe storms with intense updrafts are most likely to produce large hail; The separate masses or grains are called hailstones; Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor; Sparse hailstones of small size, often mixed with rain Moderate; be a native of; "She hails from Kalamazoo"; To pour forcibly down, as hail; 2-4 in. (5 mm-10 cm). Small hail (also called sleet, or ice pellets) has a diameter of less than 0.2 in. Hail can be extremely destructive to buildings and crops; if it is large enough, it may be dangerous to animals. Hailstones 6 in. (15 cm) in diameter have fallen during storms in the U.S. Midwest. Hailstorms are most common in the middle latitudes and usually last around 15 minutes. They ordinarily occur in middle to late afternoon and may accompany thunderstorms; precipitation composed of chunks of ice that form atop cumulonimbus clouds and fall as soon as they become too heavy for the cloud updrafts to hold; Precipitation in the form of balls or irregular lumps of ice produced by liquid precipitation freezing and being coated by layers of ice as it is lifted and cooled in strong updrafts of thunderstorms; Hail is a destructive form of precipitation that is 5 to 190 millimeters in diameter The large downdrafts in mature thunderstorm clouds provide the mechanism for hail formation Hailstones normally have concentric shells of ice alternating between those with a milky appearance and those that are clear The milky white shells, containing bubbles and partially melted snowflakes, correspond to a period of rapid freezing, while the clear shells develop as the liquid water freezes much more slowly; {i} small pellets of ice or frozen vapor; shower of small ice particles; shower of anything, barrage (especially of bullets); salutation, greeting; precipitate as small ice particles; "It hailed for an hour; precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents; A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call; call for; "hail a cab"; To praise enthusiastically; Pieces of ice that fall from thunderstorms Hail often is composed of concentric rings of ice that form as the particle moves through "wet" and "dry" areas of the thunderstorm; An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting; To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; with from; Precipitation in the form of balls or irregular lumps of ice Tall cumulonimbus clouds are much warmer at the bottom than at the top This causes tremendous pressure differences and strong rising air currents, which suck warm water droplets from the bottom of the clouds to the top There, they freeze If the currents are strong enough, a hailstone will fall and rise many times, causing several layers of ice to build up until the hailstone is heavy enough to fall from the cloud; Falling ice in roughly round shapes at least 0 2 of an inch in diameter Hail comes from thunderstorms and is larger than sleet Hailstones form when upward moving air -- updrafts -- in a thunderstorm keep pieces of graupel from falling Drops of supercooled water hit and freeze to the graupel, causing it to grow When the balls of ice become too heavy for the updrafts to continue supporting them, they fall as hailstones Sleet, in contrast, consists of raindrops that freeze on the way down; If a person, event, or achievement is hailed as important or successful, they are praised publicly. Faulkner has been hailed as the greatest American novelist of his generation US magazines hailed her as the greatest rock'n'roll singer in the world; be a native of; To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors; Precipitation which forms into balls or lumps of ice over 0 2 inch (5 08 mm) in diameter Hail is formed by alternate freezing and melting as it is carried up and down by turbulent air currents within a cloud