Definition of hail verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary



    Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they hail
    he / she / it hails
    past simple hailed
    -ing form hailing
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  1. 1 [transitive, usually passive] to describe someone or something as being very good or special, especially in newspapers, etc. hail somebody/something as something The conference was hailed as a great success. hail somebody/something + noun Teenager Matt Brown is being hailed a hero for saving a young child from drowning.
  2. 2[transitive] hail something to signal to a taxi or a bus, in order to get the driver to stop to hail a taxi/cab
  3. 3[transitive] hail somebody (literary) to call to someone in order to say hello to them or attract their attention A voice hailed us from the other side of the street. We soon came within hailing distance of (= fairly close to) the others.
  4. 4[intransitive] when it hails, small balls of ice fall like rain from the sky It's hailing!
  5. Phrasal Verbshail from…
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