HAIL

v. rain down hail; pour down like hail, fall with force; salute, greet, welcome; call to from a distance

n. small pellets of ice or frozen vapor; shower of small ice particles; shower of anything, barrage (especially of bullets); salutation, greeting

Hail is a form of precipitation which consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice (hailstones). Hailstones on Earth usually consist mostly of water ice and measure between 5 and 50 millimetres in diameter, with the larger stones coming from severe thunderstorms. Hail is always produced by cumulonimbi (thunderclouds), usually at the front of the storm system, and is composed of transparent ice or alternating layers of transparent and translucent ice at least 1 mm thick. Small hailstones are less than 5 mm in diameter, and are reported as SHGS. Unlike ice pellets, they are layered and can be irregular and clumped together.
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Noun
1. precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
(hypernym) precipitation, downfall
(part-meronym) hailstone
2. enthusiastic greeting
(hypernym) greeting, salutation
(derivation) herald
Verb
1. praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein"
(synonym) acclaim, herald
(hypernym) applaud
2. be a native of; "She hails from Kalamazoo"
(synonym) come
(hypernym) be
(verb-group) derive, come, descend
3. call for; "hail a cab"
(hypernym) call, send for
4. greet enthusiastically or joyfully
(synonym) herald
(hypernym) greet, recognize, recognise
5. precipitate as small ice particles; "It hailed for an hour"
(hypernym) precipitate, come down, fall

(v. t.)
To pour forcibly down, as hail.
  

(v. t.)
To name; to designate; to call.
  

(v. t.)
To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.
  

(v. t.)
An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.
  

(v. i.)
To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; -- with from.
  

(v. i.)
To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.
  

(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.
  

(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.
  

(n.)
A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call.
  

(a.)
Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).
  

If you dream of being in a hail storm, you will meet poor success in any undertaking.

If you watch hail-stones fall through sunshine and rain, you will be harassed by cares for a time, but fortune will soon smile upon you. For a young woman, this dream indicates love after many slights.

To hear hail beating the house, indicates distressing situations.