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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sleet /slit/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Meteorologyrain in the form of ice pellets.
v. [no object* it + ~] - Meteorologyto send down sleet:It's sleeting quite a bit.
sleet•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sleet (slēt),USA pronunciation n. - Meteorologyprecipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail).
- Meteorologyglaze (def. 17).
- Meteorology, British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]a mixture of rain and snow.
v.i. - Meteorologyto send down sleet.
- to fall as or like sleet.
- 1250–1300; (noun, nominal) Middle English slete; akin to Low German slote, German Schlossen hail; (verb, verbal) Middle English sleten, derivative of the noun, nominal
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sleet /sliːt/ n - partly melted falling snow or hail or (esp US) partly frozen rain
- chiefly US the thin coat of ice that forms when sleet or rain freezes on cold surfaces
vb - (intransitive) to fall as sleet
Etymology: 13th Century: from Germanic; compare Middle Low German slōten hail, Middle High German slōze, German Schlossen hailstonesˈsleety adj ice′ pel′lets, [Meteorol.]- Meteorologyprecipitation consisting of particles of ice less than 0.2 in. (5 mm) in diameter, occurring either as frozen raindrops or as small hailstones.
Cf. hail2 (def. 1), sleet, snow pellets. |