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hail
A	noun
	1	hail
			enthusiastic greeting
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚acknowledgment; acknowledgement ╚greeting; salutation ╚hail
	2	hail
			precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
		Category Tree: phenomenon ╚natural phenomenon ╚physical phenomenon ╚atmospheric phenomenon ╚weather; weather condition; atmospheric condition ╚precipitation; downfall ╚hail
B	verb
	1	acclaim, hail, herald
			praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚judge ╚measure; evaluate; valuate; assess; appraise; value ╚praise ╚applaud ╚acclaim, hail, herald
	2	hail, herald
			greet enthusiastically or joyfully
		Category Tree: travel; go; move; locomote ╚come; come up ╚address; accost; come up to ╚greet; recognize; recognise ╚hail, herald
	3	hail
			call for; "hail a cab"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚transfer ╚convey; transmit; communicate ╚communicate; pass on; pass; put across ╚request; bespeak; call for; quest ╚ask ╚request ╚order; tell; enjoin; say ╚call; send for ╚hail
	4	hail, come
			be a native of; "She hails from Kalamazoo"
		Category Tree: be ╚hail, come
	5	hail
			precipitate as small ice particles; "It hailed for an hour"
		Category Tree: precipitate; come down; fall ╚hail

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