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Definition of snowplough in English: snowplough(US snowplow) nounˈsnəʊplaʊˈsnōˌplou 1An implement or vehicle for clearing roads of thick snow by pushing it aside. Example sentencesExamples - The snowplows had to open the roads before the highway patrol man could come to our rescue.
- We'll see how the new mailbox stands up to the snowplows.
- The road was clean because the snowplow had just been through less than an hour ago.
- City officials insisted that the efforts of an army of municipal workers kept traffic flowing on city roads Friday, saying that a total of 25,000 workers and 5,000 snowplows labored to clean up the main highways.
- For days or maybe even weeks afterward, everyone who goes to mail something will re-use your foot-holes to get past the 20-inch wall of dense-packed snow left in front of the sidewalk by the snowplow.
- That means they can use a snowplough to clear the roads and, unless they have a blizzard, it is passable.
- A snowplow creates a swirl of snow, which can blind the driver of a car following too closely or even a car approaching from the other direction.
- The Council have deployed six gritters and four snowploughs and these will cover all the major roads in the county.
- This winter, Jacob received another pleasant surprise - a snowplow clearing his street on the morning of the first snow.
- In other places, a snowplow led the way, throwing a white spray high into the air.
- Transport bosses in the region are getting gritters and snowploughs ready and hospital accident and emergency departments are bracing themselves for a spate of accidents.
- He actually saw his car, and it looked like a snowplow had come by (though he hadn't heard it).
- When it snows again, snowplows bury your car, which may or may not have escaped one more week of having the rearview mirrors sheared off by passing delivery trucks.
- However, around 1,000 vehicles, vans and snowploughs worth in excess of £2.5 million are still earmarked for possible sale and 400 council employees could be transferred to the contractor.
- According to the municipality, 589 snowploughs had been cleaning the snow from the major streets and boulevards of the city.
- Available with huge mowing decks, commercial mowers can turn on a dime, and many can be equipped with enclosed cabs and snowplows or snowblowers for winter use.
- In Colorado, snowplows had to be called in on the first day of summer.
- The cities of Greenbelt, Takoma Park, and Ocean City have all recently adopted biodiesel fuel for their snowplows and other public-works vehicles and equipment.
- Prior to the start of the exercise, the platoons had gone out with snowplows to clear the worst of the snow away.
- Others fears are that snowploughs will not be able to get along the road in winter, and will leave it in a dangerous, frozen state.
2Skiing
An act of turning the points of one's skis inwards in order to slow down or turn. Example sentencesExamples - The last on this list of survival ski techniques, but perhaps most important, the snowplow is usually the first turning position learned in alpine or telemark skiing.
- I saw her happily dodging trees in her wide snowplow as the instructor coached gently from behind: ‘Bend your knees, Emma.’
- He showed me how to use my poles for instance, and how to do certain techniques such as the snowplow.
- Ski instruction, taught to officers by civilians, included herringbone climbing, kick turns, pole-jumping over logs and snowplows.
- By Friday I was reasonably happy about my top-end skiing but still felt like an uncoordinated rhinoceros doing snowploughs.
- The course consists of 10 days on snow doing snowploughs through to high-speed carving and a series of teaching sessions.
- The most frequent, and startling encounter is when the shadowy form of a deer flits across the trail, on the very edge of headlamp range, resulting in a heart stopping snowplow, but never a collision.
verbˈsnəʊplaʊˈsnōˌplou [no object]Ski with the tips of one's skis pointing inwards in order to slow down or turn. I snowploughed down many a run Example sentencesExamples - It was impossible to snowplow in places, so I just concentrated and glued myself to the tracks, even if one leg skied off in another direction.
- ‘Hey Nick,’ she calls as she snowplows to a stop before plopping onto the bench next to her blond friend.
- We rush down the glacier solving its intricacies by interminable weaving, creeping over tenuous bridges, snowplowing desperately below the shrouded rock.
- ‘Hey guys,’ she said to all of them, snowplowing to a stop and doing the group's handshake with Sergio and Peter.
- During such a test, the skier should avoid snowplowing and sliding on turns.
- You'll see them sideslipping and snowplowing, while moving at a speed so slow it's painful to watch.
- I instantly forgot the humiliation of being unable to snowplough, the pressure of thinking I'd fail and questioning why I was even bothering.
- Soon they're learning how to fall safely and how to snowplough gently downwards.
Definition of snowplow in US English: snowplow(British snowplough) nounˈsnōˌplou 1An implement or vehicle for clearing roads of snow by pushing it aside. Example sentencesExamples - The snowplows had to open the roads before the highway patrol man could come to our rescue.
- In Colorado, snowplows had to be called in on the first day of summer.
- Transport bosses in the region are getting gritters and snowploughs ready and hospital accident and emergency departments are bracing themselves for a spate of accidents.
- He actually saw his car, and it looked like a snowplow had come by (though he hadn't heard it).
- City officials insisted that the efforts of an army of municipal workers kept traffic flowing on city roads Friday, saying that a total of 25,000 workers and 5,000 snowplows labored to clean up the main highways.
- This winter, Jacob received another pleasant surprise - a snowplow clearing his street on the morning of the first snow.
- The cities of Greenbelt, Takoma Park, and Ocean City have all recently adopted biodiesel fuel for their snowplows and other public-works vehicles and equipment.
- Others fears are that snowploughs will not be able to get along the road in winter, and will leave it in a dangerous, frozen state.
- Prior to the start of the exercise, the platoons had gone out with snowplows to clear the worst of the snow away.
- However, around 1,000 vehicles, vans and snowploughs worth in excess of £2.5 million are still earmarked for possible sale and 400 council employees could be transferred to the contractor.
- For days or maybe even weeks afterward, everyone who goes to mail something will re-use your foot-holes to get past the 20-inch wall of dense-packed snow left in front of the sidewalk by the snowplow.
- The road was clean because the snowplow had just been through less than an hour ago.
- We'll see how the new mailbox stands up to the snowplows.
- In other places, a snowplow led the way, throwing a white spray high into the air.
- A snowplow creates a swirl of snow, which can blind the driver of a car following too closely or even a car approaching from the other direction.
- According to the municipality, 589 snowploughs had been cleaning the snow from the major streets and boulevards of the city.
- That means they can use a snowplough to clear the roads and, unless they have a blizzard, it is passable.
- When it snows again, snowplows bury your car, which may or may not have escaped one more week of having the rearview mirrors sheared off by passing delivery trucks.
- Available with huge mowing decks, commercial mowers can turn on a dime, and many can be equipped with enclosed cabs and snowplows or snowblowers for winter use.
- The Council have deployed six gritters and four snowploughs and these will cover all the major roads in the county.
2Skiing
An act of turning the points of one's skis inward in order to slow down or turn. Example sentencesExamples - The course consists of 10 days on snow doing snowploughs through to high-speed carving and a series of teaching sessions.
- By Friday I was reasonably happy about my top-end skiing but still felt like an uncoordinated rhinoceros doing snowploughs.
- The most frequent, and startling encounter is when the shadowy form of a deer flits across the trail, on the very edge of headlamp range, resulting in a heart stopping snowplow, but never a collision.
- I saw her happily dodging trees in her wide snowplow as the instructor coached gently from behind: ‘Bend your knees, Emma.’
- Ski instruction, taught to officers by civilians, included herringbone climbing, kick turns, pole-jumping over logs and snowplows.
- He showed me how to use my poles for instance, and how to do certain techniques such as the snowplow.
- The last on this list of survival ski techniques, but perhaps most important, the snowplow is usually the first turning position learned in alpine or telemark skiing.
verbˈsnōˌplou [no object]Ski with the tips of one's skis pointing inward in order to slow down or turn. I snowplowed down many a run Example sentencesExamples - During such a test, the skier should avoid snowplowing and sliding on turns.
- We rush down the glacier solving its intricacies by interminable weaving, creeping over tenuous bridges, snowplowing desperately below the shrouded rock.
- Soon they're learning how to fall safely and how to snowplough gently downwards.
- You'll see them sideslipping and snowplowing, while moving at a speed so slow it's painful to watch.
- ‘Hey guys,’ she said to all of them, snowplowing to a stop and doing the group's handshake with Sergio and Peter.
- ‘Hey Nick,’ she calls as she snowplows to a stop before plopping onto the bench next to her blond friend.
- It was impossible to snowplow in places, so I just concentrated and glued myself to the tracks, even if one leg skied off in another direction.
- I instantly forgot the humiliation of being unable to snowplough, the pressure of thinking I'd fail and questioning why I was even bothering.
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