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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024snow /snoʊ/USA pronunciation n. - Meteorology
- [uncountable] frozen water in the form of white flakes.
- [uncountable] these flakes as forming a layer on the ground:How many inches of snow are there?
- [countable] the fall of these flakes or a storm during which they fall:That was one of the heaviest snows we had.
- Drugs, Slang Terms[uncountable][Slang.]cocaine or heroin.
- Radio and Television[uncountable] white spots on a television screen caused by a weak signal.
v. - [no object* it + ~] ] (of snow) to fall:It snowed heavily last night.
- to cover, block, etc., with or as if with snow:[~ + object* usually: be + ~-ed + in]The town was snowed in by the storm.
- [Slang.]to deceive (someone) by insincere talk or false praises:[~ + object]He tried to snow his boss about why he was late.
- snow under, [~ + object + under]
- to cover with snow:The worst storm in a decade snowed the town under.
- to overwhelm:I've been snowed under with all this work.
- to defeat completely.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024snow (snō),USA pronunciation n. - Meteorologya precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air. Cf. ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.
- Meteorologythese flakes as forming a layer on the ground or other surface.
- Meteorologythe fall of these flakes or a storm during which these flakes fall.
- something resembling a layer of these flakes in whiteness, softness, or the like:the snow of fresh linen.
- [Literary.]
- white blossoms.
- the white color of snow.
- Drugs, Slang Terms[Slang.]cocaine or heroin.
- Radio and Televisionwhite spots or bands on a television screen caused by a weak signal. Cf. hash 1 (def. 5).
v.i. - to send down snow;
fall as snow. - to descend like snow.
v.t. - to let fall as or like snow.
- [Slang.]
- to make an overwhelming impression on:The view really snowed them.
- to persuade or deceive:She was snowed into believing everything.
- snow under:
- to cover with or bury in snow.
- to overwhelm with a larger amount of something than can be conveniently dealt with.
- to defeat overwhelmingly.
- bef. 900; (noun, nominal) Middle English; Old English snāw; cognate with Dutch sneeuw, German Schnee, Old Norse snǣr, Gothic snaiws, Latin nix (genitive nivis), Greek níps (accusative nípha), Old Church Slavonic sněgù; (verb, verbal) Middle English snowen, derivative of the noun, nominal; replacing Middle English snewen, Old English snīwan; cognate with Old High German snīwan (German schneien), Middle Low German, Middle Dutch snīen
- Biographical Sir Charles Percy (C. P. Snow), 1905–80, English novelist and scientist.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: snow /snəʊ/ n - precipitation from clouds in the form of flakes of ice crystals formed in the upper atmosphere
- a layer of snowflakes on the ground
- a fall of such precipitation
- anything resembling snow in whiteness, softness, etc
- the random pattern of white spots on a television or radar screen, produced by noise in the receiver and occurring when the signal is weak or absent
- slang cocaine
vb - (intr; with it as subject) to be the case that snow is falling
- (tr; usually passive, followed by over, under, in, or up) to cover or confine with a heavy fall of snow
- often with it as subject: to fall or cause to fall as or like snow
- (transitive) US Canadian slang to deceive or overwhelm with elaborate often insincere talk
- be snowed under ⇒ to be overwhelmed, esp with paperwork
Etymology: Old English snāw; related to Old Norse snjōr, Gothic snaiws, Old High German snēo, Greek niphaˈsnowless adj ˈsnowˌlike adj Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Snow /snəʊ/ n - C(harles) P(ercy), Baron. 1905–80, British novelist and physicist. His novels include the series Strangers and Brothers (1949–70)
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