hailing
present participle ofhail
hail
verb
uk/heɪl/us/heɪl/hailverb(CALL)
C2[T]formal
tocallsomeone inordertoattracttheirattention:
Shall we hail ataxi?
Itriedto hail her fromacrosstheroom.
to ask someone to come to you
- callThe children called for him at night.
- call outPlease avoid calling out the doctor unless it is an emergency.
- send forSomeone has already sent for a doctor.
- summonI was summoned to the headmaster's office.
- summonsIf you are summonsed and do not attend court, you may be found guilty of contempt of court.
- hailShe walked to the corner and hailed a cab.
Shouting & screaming
- barracking
- bawl
- bellow
- burst
- burst out
- call (something) out
- clamour
- cry
- cry out
- ejaculate
- givesomeonea shoutidiom
- holler
- howl
- lung
- shout
- shouty
- squawk
- the hairdryer treatment
- thunder
- whoop
hailverb(ICE)
C2[I]
If it hails,small, hardballsoficefallfrom theskylikerain.
Precipitation: snow & ice
- anti-icing
- antifreeze
- avalanche
- be snowed inidiom
- be snowed upidiom
- freezing
- glaciation
- glacier
- glaciology
- hail
- iceberg
- icicle
- sleet
- slush
- snowflake generation
- snowpack
- snowstorm
- terminal moraine
- thundersnow
- unfreeze
Idiom
be within hailing distance ofsomewhere
Phrasal verbs
hailsomeone/somethingassomething
hail fromsomewhere
Examplesofhailing
hailing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Afterhailingthe reign of the female adolescent, the magazine returned to its primarily domestic and relational orientation.
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In the event, the competition attracted 102 scores from seventy-six composershailingfrom twenty-five different countries.
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Second, local apologists justified this development byhailingthe market as the principal site for the cultivation of civic and moral virtues.
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It is all the more bitter that the breakdown has come when hopes were so high, when success was within "hailingdistance".
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It is an ideal which no nation has ever set itself before, and certainly no nation has come withinhailingdistance of such an achievement.
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But inhailingthe talented we had better not forget about the less talented.
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One day we have a north-easter blowing, and it is perhapshailingor snowing.
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I have never yet seen such a member of the station staff even withinhailingdistance never mind standing by, ready, willing and able.
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Although it may not appear so, we arehailingthe birth of a new nation.
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Peers of entirely different political opinions united together inhailingit, if it were practicable, as one of the best experiments that could possibly be tried.
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You are making him liable to a fine of £10 andhailinghim before the petty sessions when he may not even know that he has committed an offence.
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Middle-class nationalists were the most enthusiastic and published countless tracts and editorialshailingthe new political unity.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When play ended, spectators stormed the field and carried the fast bowler off the arena on their shoulders,hailinghim as a hero.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Its membership is very diverse with membershailingfrom all walks of life, geographic locations and cultural backgrounds.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Critical response to the album was largely positive, with some criticshailingthe album as the band's best in a decade.
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- illegal-alien
- illegal behaviour
- illegal conduct
- illegal disposal
- illegal drug
- illegal entry
- illegal exploitation
- illegal immigrant
- illegal-immigrant
- illegality
- illegally
- illegal migrant
- illegal migration
- illegal occupation
- illegal operation
- illegal payment
- illegal profit
- illegal trade
- illegal worker
- illegibility
- illegible
- illegibly
- illegitimacy
- illegitimate
- illegitimate daughter