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- pronunciation:
- heIl
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
pellets of frozen rain or a storm of such pellets.
- synonyms:
- hailstones, hailstorm
- similar words:
- graupel, precipitation, sleet
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| definition 2: |
something that comes forcefully or in large numbers.
a hail of angry questions- synonyms:
- avalanche, barrage, bombardment, deluge, flood, inundation, storm
- similar words:
- broadside, flurry, overflow, shower, spate
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
hails, hailing, hailed |
| definition 1: |
to fall or pour down in icy pellets.
It may hail tomorrow if it doesn't rain.- similar words:
- precipitate, storm
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| definition 2: |
to fall down or strike like hail.
- synonyms:
- pelt, rain
- similar words:
- batter, beat, fall
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to shower or drop down on like a hailstorm.
They hailed gunfire at us until dusk.- synonyms:
- pelt, pepper, rain, shower
- similar words:
- batter, bombard, buffet, drop, pour
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| related words: |
accost |
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