hail in WordNet English dictionary

1. praise vociferously
   "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein"
   acclaim  hail  herald 
   
2. be a native of
   "She hails from Kalamazoo"
   hail  come 
   
3. greet enthusiastically or joyfully
   hail  herald 
   
4. call for
   "hail a cab"
   hail 
   
5. precipitate as small ice particles
   "It hailed for an hour"
   hail 
   

1. enthusiastic greeting
   hail 
   
2. many objects thrown forcefully through the air
   "a hail of pebbles"; "a hail of bullets"
   hail 
   
3. precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
   hail