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1.                 From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   hail
       n 1: precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising
            air currents
       2: many objects thrown forcefully through the air; "a hail of
          pebbles"; "a hail of bullets"
       3: enthusiastic greeting
       v 1: praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist
            as a new Rubinstein" [syn: acclaim, hail, herald]
       2: be a native of; "She hails from Kalamazoo" [syn: hail,
          come]
       3: call for; "hail a cab"
       4: greet enthusiastically or joyfully [syn: hail, herald]
       5: precipitate as small ice particles; "It hailed for an hour"