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sleety

Variant of sleet

noun

  1. partly frozen rain, or rain that freezes as it falls
  2. transparent or translucent precipitation in the form of pellets of ice that are smaller than 5 mm (.2 in)
  3. the icy coating formed when rain freezes on trees, streets, etc.

intransitive verb

to shower in the form of sleet

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