Hail meaning in English

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Definition

(He) hails from (Nebraska): (He) comes from (Nebraska), (He) is from (Nebraska) verb

Bob, like Superman, hails from a small town in Kansas. He was born in Kansas and grew up there.

the hail: the small hard balls of ice which fall from the sky like rain noun

a hailstorm an extreme weather condition consisting of large amounts of small hard balls of ice falling from the sky like rain

to hail: to call, to address; to greet, to say hello verb

Examples

"The teacher of the class has been hailed as a hero for bringing the incident to a swift end by saying, "Ok class, that's enough excitement for today, turn to page 54 of your textbooks: Trigonometry"."
"What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming."

Exercise 1

Which of the following statements best describes Candy's weather forecast for Houston?

The weather will be unusually hot with intense storms, thunder and lightning.

The weather will be unusually biblical: full of frogs, hail, darkness and locusts.

The weather will be unusually dry and hot with no rain or water.

The weather will be unusually hot and humid with severe floods.

I don't know

Which of the following statements best describes Candy's weather forecast for Houston?

The weather will be unusually hot with intense storms, thunder and lightning.

Although Candy does forecast hot weather, she doesn't mention "storms, thunder or lightning".

The weather will be unusually biblical: full of frogs, hail, darkness and locusts.

Maybe this won't happen this weekend, but soon it will. So please Pharaoh, let my people go. A locust is a winged insect, and hail is a type of hard, icy rain.

The weather will be unusually dry and hot with no rain or water.

Candy reports that a "heat wave" will strike Texas this weekend. A heat wave describes an intense period of hot weather. Candy goes on to say that a "drought" is expected to affect the region as well. A drought is a prolonged period of dry, hot weather without adequate hydration.

The weather will be unusually hot and humid with severe floods.

Although Candy does forecast hot weather, she doesn't mention "floods" (an inundation of water) which normally aren't associated with hot weather. Moreover, Candy doesn't mention "humidity", which isn't associated with the type of dry weather which is affecting Houston.

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