Meteorology. a 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.Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.
these flakes as forming a layer on the ground or other surface.
the 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.
Slang. cocaine or heroin.
white spots or bands on a television screen caused by a weak signal.Compare hash1 (def. 6).
verb (used without object)
to send down snow; fall as snow.
to descend like snow.
verb (used with object)
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.
Verb Phrases
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.
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Origin of snow
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English snāw; cognate with Dutch sneeuw,German Schnee,Old Norse snǣr,Gothic snaiws,Latin nix (genitive nivis), Greek níps (accusative nípha), OCS sněgŭ; (v.) Middle English snowen, derivative of the noun; replacing Middle English snewen,Old English snīwan; cognate with Old High German snīwan (German schneien), Middle Low German, Middle Dutch snīen
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British Dictionary definitions for snow (1 of 2)
snow
/ (snəʊ) /
noun
precipitation from clouds in the form of flakes of ice crystals formed in the upper atmosphereRelated 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
slangcocaine
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 and Canadianslangto deceive or overwhelm with elaborate often insincere talkSee snow job
be snowed underto be overwhelmed, esp with paperwork
Derived forms of snow
snowless, adjectivesnowlike, adjective
Word Origin for snow
Old English snāw; related to Old Norse snjōr, Gothic snaiws, Old High German snēo, Greek nipha
British Dictionary definitions for snow (2 of 2)
Snow
/ (snəʊ) /
noun
C (harles) P (ercy), Baron. 1905–80, British novelist and physicist. His novels include the series Strangers and Brothers (1949–70)
Precipitation that falls to earth in the form of ice crystals that have complex branched hexagonal patterns. Snow usually falls from stratus and stratocumulus clouds, but it can also fall from cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds.