English dictionary
snow
/sn/oU/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
Synonyms snowfallSource: WordNet 3.0
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a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground
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English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980)
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street names for cocaine
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A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.
Source: webster1913
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Watery particles congealed into white or transparent crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth, exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect forms.
Source: webster1913
verb
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fall as snow
ExamplesIt was snowing all night.
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conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
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To fall in or as snow; -- chiefly used impersonally; as, it <i>snows</i>; it <i>snowed</i> yesterday.
Source: webster1913
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To scatter like snow; to cover with, or as with, snow.
Source: webster1913