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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sleet•y (slē′tē),USA pronunciation adj., sleet•i•er, sleet•i•est. - of, pertaining to, or like sleet.
sleet′i•ness, n. 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
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