Word Frequency
snow (snəʊ
)
Definitions
noun
- precipitation from clouds in the form of flakes of ice crystals formed in the upper atmosphere related adjective niveous
- 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
- See carbon dioxide snow
verb
- intr; with it as subject to be the case that snow is falling
- tr; usually passive, foll 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
- tr (US & Canadian, slang) to deceive or overwhelm with elaborate often insincere talk See snow job
-
See be snowed under
Derived Forms
ˈsnowless adjectiveˈsnowˌlike adjective
Word Origin
Old English snāw; related to Old Norse snjōr, Gothic snaiws, Old High German snēo, Greek niphaExample Sentences Including 'snowed'
Depending on how long we're snowed up, the food may get a bit monotonous, but there'll be enough of it.Weekend for Murder
It snowed heavily in the night and at Belgrade a guard stumbled along the track to thaw the points with a flaming torch.The Crossing-Place
Luke and his people usually cater for this do, but they're snowed under right now.MAN AND WIFE (2002)
My `but" is that I'm snowed under with work here, the dining-room table is laden down with five separate piles of case files.Political Suicide
My guess is that recruitment agencies are snowed under resumes from poorly qualified or absolutely unqualified candidates.India Today (2000)
Organisers have been snowed under with applications from the women -but need more men to balance the numbers.Sun, News of the World (2001)
Roads to more than 2000 villages in western Turkey had been snowed in, Anatolian said.Glasgow Herald (2001)
You got a shovel or a board and you did your own ice after it snowed.Edmonton Sun (2003)
``We were leading at the end of day four and on day five it snowed.The Mercury, Sunday Tasmanian (2005)
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