hail

/heɪl/ verb

Translation

› [T] to call or wave to someone to get their attention

seslenmek, çağırmak

She stepped into the road and hailed a taxi.1186

it hails › If it hails, small, hard pieces of frozen rain fall from the sky.

dolu yağmak

Look! It's hailing!1510

hail sb/sth as sth phrasal verb

› to say publicly and enthusiastically that someone or something is something very good

birisini yüceltmek, övmek

He was hailed as a hero for rescuing the three-year-old from her burning home.1006

hail from phrasal verb

› to come from a particular place

bir yerden gelmek

Joe originally hails from Toronto.1553

(Definition of hail verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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