(n.) Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are called hailstones.
(v. i.) To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.
(v. t.) To pour forcibly down, as hail.
(a.) Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).
(v. t.) To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.
(v. t.) To name; to designate; to call.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; -- with from.
(v. t.) An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.
(n.) A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call.
Example Sentences:
(1) The agreement, hailed as a "landmark" deal and a breakthrough by politicians and the green lobby alike, came before a crucial EU summit opening in Brussels tomorrow at which 27 prime ministers and presidents are supposed to finalise an ambitious package to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020.
(2) "It's very clear now that the administration agrees with us," said Wyden, hailing a switch from both the Bush and Obama administration stance that "collecting these records is vital to western civilisation".
(3) Many other innovations are also being hailed as the future of food, from fake chicken to 3D printing and from algae to lab-grown meat.
(4) Three million of us are behind our team!” trumpets La Republica, who hail “the national team's exemplary behaviour so far, both individually and collectively.” Naturally they were saying exactly the same thing after the defeat to Costa Rica.
(5) The win reduced Chelsea’s lead over them to six points and Pellegrini hailed a first clean sheet in five matches.
(6) Chancellor George Osborne hailed today's GDP data as a sign that the UK is recovering ( see his statement here ).
(7) Read more The agreement earned a mixed initial reception, with the UN hailing a “bold” and “groundbreaking” outcome even as other delegates complained of “a terrible precedent” and lack of moral leadership.
(8) Didi Chuxing also claims it accounts for 87% of China’s ride-hailing market, in which US-based Uber is trying to break through.
(9) Scotland's Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead said: "Scotland is rightly hailed as a land of food and drink, which is underpinned by the record exports achieved in both areas in 2011.
(10) The draft released last Monday had been hailed by some church observers and gay rights groups as “a stunning change” in how the Catholic hierarchy talked about gay people.
(11) Yet victory at Wembley will be hailed as vindication of the decision to change manager.
(12) This finding has been hailed as a landmark in cell physiology which may reveal new mechanisms of viral pathogenesis.
(13) While the 1998 World Cup victory by a multicultural “black, blanc, beur” French football team led by Zinedine Zidane was hailed as a new beginning for a mixed nation, it did not stop the race rows and monkey chants in French football.
(14) He hailed the party's commitment to lift low and average earners out of tax, and rounded on those who criticised the Lib Dems' proposed "mansion tax" – a tax on properties worth over £2m – as an attack on "ordinary middle-class owners", saying: "You wonder what part of the solar system they live in."
(15) He hailed the decision to award the Games to London, saying: "This is just the most fantastic opportunity to do everything we ever dreamed of in British sport."
(16) Amid reports that the Treasury is concerned about the escalating costs of the project, which have now reached £42.6bn, the chancellor hailed the chance to change the "economic geography" of Britain.
(17) In what is being hailed as one of the first tangible signs in a change of outlook for Greece, the European Investment Bank has also agreed to inject up to €750m into the cashed-starved Greek economy with immediate effect.
(18) The US Department of Justice hailed a “landmark achievement”.
(19) Cameron also did not know about Ashcroft's status as recently as 8 February – by which time Hague knew – when the Tory leader hailed the change in the law in a speech on new politics.
(20) Taxis will still accept customers hailing them from the street.
Thunderstorm
Definition:
(n.) A storm accompanied with lightning and thunder.
Example Sentences:
(1) Updated at 5.02am GMT 4.48am GMT A tweet from the Australian Financial Review’s political correspondent Phillip Coorey: Phillip Coorey (@PhillipCoorey) Thunderstorm brewing over Parl House.
(2) 2 December – Rocinha A pregnant woman has to be rescued from a landslide in the Trampolim neighbourhood of Rocinha after a thunderstorm hits our community.
(3) During the thunderstorms of the past week the roof has begun leaking.
(4) July and August failed to produce their usual thunderstorms and those that did occur brought little rainfall.
(5) I've long suspected a connection between my migraines and thunderstorms, as well as hot, bright weather; but that's nothing compared with Dawn Binks's experience of the links between weather and migraine.
(6) As before an August thunderstorm, the air is heavy with the coming transformation, the rain, the lightning, the release.
(7) The Environment Agency said people across central and eastern England should remain on alert for possible floods as heavy thunderstorms were forecast for many areas on Friday and Saturday.
(8) In most patients symptoms began at the time of sudden climatic changes associated with a thunderstorm.
(9) If this meets cooler air from the Atlantic, the warm air can be forced rapidly upwards to produce thunderstorms.
(10) Thunderstorms are forecast for Charlotte this week, which shouldn't be a problem Tuesday and Wednesday when the convention is being held indoors.
(11) The possibility of thunderstorms comes from very warm and humid air moving up from the Spanish plains to the UK.
(12) They brought the Stanley Cup into the building early in the third, and at the end of a mid-June steam press of a day in Boston, with thunderstorms rolling through, the ice began to drip and pool.
(13) a thunderstorm breaks out over the City of London November 20, 2013 12.30pm GMT Session ended with Goldman's dirty washing on display The session finished with committee chair Adrian Bailey asking Goldman Sachs's Richard Cormack about a legal case brought against Goldman in America, over its handling of an IPO.
(14) Bands of cloud, containing rain and thunderstorms, swirl into the center of the low, and extend over the British Isles.
(15) Other trends in severe storms, including the intensity and frequency of tornadoes, hail, and damaging thunderstorm winds, are uncertain and are being studied intensively.” • Precipitation: “ Average U.S. precipitation has increased since 1900, but some areas have had increases greater than the national average, and some areas have had decreases.
(16) Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims had already arrived in Mecca when the massive red and white crane toppled over during a Friday thunderstorm.
(17) The country’s monarch, King Salman, has promised to find out what caused the construction crane to topple over during a thunderstorm.
(18) A thunderstorm erupts in Miami one hour, and coasts over Havana the next.
(19) There was a significant positive correlation between the time of attempted suicide and the weather parameters "stable upslide, labile upslide, fog, thunderstorm, warm air, upslide and weather drier than on the 2 preceding days".
(20) Although the request to go higher to avoid bad weather is not an unusual one, pilots are aware that flying over a thunderstorm will not necessarily mean clearing it: according to forecasters at Indonesia’s meteorology agency, dense storm clouds were detected up to 44,000ft when the plane was reported to have lost contact.