snow
(snoʊ )
Word forms: snows , snowing , snowed
1. uncountable noun A1
Snow consists of a lot of soft white bits of frozen water that fall from the sky in cold weather.
In Mid-Wales six inches of snow blocked roads.
They tramped through the falling snow.
Synonyms: snowflakes, blizzard, snowfall, snowstorm
2. plural noun
You can refer to a great deal of snow in an area as the snows.
...the first snows of winter.
As the snows melt, the flood waters rise.
3. verb A2
When it snows, snow falls from the sky.
It had been snowing all night. [VERB]
4. verb
If someone snows you, they persuade you to do something or convince you of something by flattering or deceiving you. [US, informal]
I'd been a fool letting him snow me with his big ideas. [VERB noun]
5. See also snowed in, snowed under
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Idioms:
a snow job [mainly US]
lies and exaggerations, intended to deceive or flatter someone.
They have the experience to know the difference between getting information and getting a snow job.
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white as snow
very white in colour
When it's warm enough to go bare-legged but your skin's as white as snow, a fake tan's the answer.
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Collocations:
fake snow fresh snow inch of snow snow shoes soft snow swirling snow thick snow wet snow winter snow
I have to admit, it was quite a spectacle: real animals, fake snow, and lights that bathed the actors in red, green, and gold.
Christianity Today (2000)
We'd planned to use fake snow, because the wedding takes place in winter, but it was actually snowing quite heavily as we filmed - it was awful!
The Sun (2007)
There was both fake snow made of soap and real snow in Leicester Square.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The tallest mountains should have fresh snow on their peaks, but the lower hills will be clear and dry.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The Scottish ski resorts also enjoyed fresh snows.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It was a blast zooming through fresh snow on what was basically a motorbike on skis.
The Sun (2014)
Three quarters of an inch of snow - barely enough to dust the tracks - left the line in chaos.
The Sun
Their transport soldiers on through the fiercest winters while this country, that invented the locomotive, stalls in an inch of snow.
The Sun
Measurable snowfall occurs an average of 9 days per year with at least an inch of snow being received on seven of those days.
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An inch of snow was reported just inland.
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Overnight temperatures had nosedived below zero in most parts of the country, with some areas reporting two inches of snow.
The Sun
The pedals are fine for people wearing snow shoes.
Times, Sunday Times
This year a record 735 delegates will be swapping their chariman's or chief executive's pin-stripes for snow shoes and woolly jumpers.
Times, Sunday Times
Still, after a warm drink round a fire we set off on snow shoes and with head torches, across the shiny, snowy river banks.
The Sun
To get between cliff faces, we had agreed to use snow shoes.
Times, Sunday Times
You need to strap on snow shoes, or you will sink into the spongy moss.
The Sun
And deep down in the soft snow, almost to the ground, I found a billfold.
SNOWJOB (2002)
The soft snow slowed us to a crawl.
THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS: Coming of Age in the Arctic (2004)
Britain was weighed down with soft snow and light on hard news.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The swirling snow reduced the landscape to a fathomless and unblemished white.
Times, Sunday Times
An oxygen bottle also carried in the swirling snow struck him on the head, leaving a visible wound.
Times, Sunday Times
A backdrop of lurid chocolate-box video imagery supplies naive illustration of musical themes - autumn leaves, fireworks, swirling snow or twirling ballerinas.
Times, Sunday Times
This resulted in an explosive increase in northerly wind speeds and swirling snow.
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The day began with massive snowfall that forced the game to be played on a frozen field with swirling snow flurries and a 7-degree wind chill.
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It felt like an ice age had returned to Scotland over the next few days as calm, clear conditions and thick snow sent temperatures plunging.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
On Monday he awoke to thick snow and was forced to close the school.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
By midnight thick snow covered the grounds.
The Sun (2012)
Atlantic winds will bring rain and wet snow spells on Tuesday and higher top temperatures.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The weight of wet snow can be so large that the roofs of big buildings can cave in.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The rains coming that week will be preceded by another spell of wet snow.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
One fall of winter snow will be all it takes to bring the lot tumbling down.
The Sun
The airline revealed a whopping 31million bill from the winter snow and air traffic control strikes.
The Sun
Perfect to complement the orange ball in a winter snow blizzard.
Times, Sunday Times
But since last winter snow has come to have different associations for me.
Times, Sunday Times
It may seem counterintuitive, but there could be an argument for taking the plunge now - because prices are falling like winter snow.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 雪, 下雪
Japanese: 雪, 雪が降る
- drag your feet
- drain
- drain a battery
- drainage
- drainage canal
- drainage culvert
- drainage network
- drainage pipe
- drainage problem
- drainage project
- drainage system
- drainage tunnel
- drainage water
- drain a glass
- drain a lake
- drain a pond
- drain a tank
- drain away
- drain blood
- drainboard
- drain cleaner
- drained
- drain energy
- drain fluid
- drain holes