snow

Snow means particles of frozen water vapor, a mass of this substance or something that resembles this substance, or is slang for cocaine or heroin.

(noun)

  1. An example of snow is the white fluff that falls from the sky during the winter in New York.
  2. An example of snow is are the spots on a television screen when the transmission signal is not strong.

Snow is defined as to shower, fall or cover with a frozen water vapor substance from the sky, or to say or do something to deceive someone.

(verb)

  1. An example of snow is for this substance to come down from the sky on Christmas.
  2. An example of snow is for someone who is interviewing for a job to tell the interviewer about experience which they don't have.

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See snow in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. particles of water vapor which when frozen in the upper air fall to earth as soft, white, crystalline flakes
    1. a falling of snow
    2. snowy weather
  2. a mass or accumulation of fallen snow
  3. Old Poet. whiteness
  4. something like snow in whiteness, texture, etc.
  5. ☆ fluctuating spots appearing on a television screen as a result of a weak signal, shot effect, etc.
  6. Slang cocaine or heroin

Origin: ME < OE snaw, akin to Ger schnee < IE base *sneigwh-, to snow, *snoigwhos, snow > OIr snechta, Russ snieg, L nix (gen. nivis)

intransitive verb

to fall as or like snow

Origin: ME snowen < OE sniwian

transitive verb

  1. to shower or let fall as or like snow
  2. ☆ to cover, obstruct, etc. with or as with snow: usually with in, up, under, etc.
  3. Slang to deceive, mislead, or win over by glib talk, flattery, etc.

Snow, C(harles) P(ercy) Baron Snow of Leicester 1905-80; Eng. novelist & physicist

See snow in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Frozen precipitation in the form of white or translucent hexagonal ice crystals that fall in soft, white flakes.
  2. A falling of snow; a snowstorm.
  3. Something resembling snow, as:
    a. The white specks on a television screen resulting from weak reception.
    b. Slang Cocaine.
    c. Slang Heroin.
verb snowed, snow·ing, snows
verb, intransitive
To fall as or in snow.
verb, transitive
  1. To cover, shut off, or close off with snow: We were snowed in.
  2. Slang To overwhelm with insincere talk, especially with flattery.
Phrasal Verb: snow under To overwhelm: I was snowed under with work. To defeat by a very large margin.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English snāw; see sneigwh- in Indo-European roots

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British writer and scientist who is known especially for his 11-volume series Strangers and Brothers (1940-1970).

See snow in Ologies

Snow

See also atmosphere; climate; clouds; cold; rain; weather.

chionomania

a mania for snow.

chionophobia

an abnormal fear or dislike of snow.

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