0 past simple and past participle of hail
2 If it hails, small, hard balls of ice fall from the sky like rain.
In its emergent welfare economy, the third sector has been hailed as a new growth point in social care as the state retreats from direct provision of welfare services.
Beneath each photo entry, the paper printed the name of the town or mission station from which it hailed.
The review is being hailed as a means of improving the quality of public services, but it is doing so in the absence of a modernising agenda.
Folly appears in scene 7 of the last entree, where her triumph over all the ages is hailed in a grand finale of chorus, dance and song.
Although occasionally hailed as a sign of human progress, population ageing is predominantly portrayed as a challenge, if not an outright problem, to families and societies.
When men articulate a comparable 'aesthetics of failure', they are instead hailed by critics (and by themselves) for creating an innovative genre of electronic music like 'glitch' techno.
It wanted to ensure support from the work force for what was hailed as a flagship partnership agreement.
It seems only yesterday that a great housing estate built in my constituency was hailed by everybody as a triumph.
