Definition –

n. – a small and hard piece of freeze rain that falls from the sky.

v.t. – to describe somebody/something as being very good or special, especially in newspapers, etc.

v.t. – to signal to a taxi or a bus, in order to get the driver to stop to hail a taxi/cab

v.t. – to call to somebody in order to say hello to them or attract their attention

v.i. – someone who hails from a particular place was born there or lives there or be a native of…

e.g. –

• I hail from India.
• Mr English hailed the taxi driver but he did not stop.

In Hindi – v. ओले गिरना/पड़ना (ole girana/paDDana), पुकारना (pukarana), अभिवादन करना (abhivadan karana), बुलाना (bulana).

Synonym – address, welcome, salute, greet, signal.

Antonym – disdain, dishonour, disparage, dribble, drip, whisper.

Cognate word – Conjugate – hail  (hailed – 2nd and 3rd form of a verb)