<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>To address with some form of salutation; welcome.</li><li>Synonyms: accost, hail.</li><li>To meet or receive: to be greeted by cheering crowds; to greet a proposal with boos and hisses.</li><li>To manifest itself to: Music greeted his ear as he entered the salon.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>Obsolete: to give salutations on meeting.</li></ul>