snow

Plural: snows

Noun

• precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
• a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground
• English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980)
• street names for cocaine
• The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer.
• The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer.
• An instance of the falling of snow; a snowfall; also, a snowstorm.
• The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer.
• A period of time when snow falls; a winter.
• The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer.
• An accumulation or spread of snow.
• Something resembling snow in appearance or color.
• A dish or component of a dish resembling snow, especially one made by whipping egg whites until creamy.
• Something resembling snow in appearance or color.
• The white color of snow.
• Something resembling snow in appearance or color.
• Clusters of white flowers.
• Something resembling snow in appearance or color.
• The moving pattern of random dots seen on a radar or television screen, etc., when no transmission signal is being received or when there is interference.
• Something resembling snow in appearance or color.
• Sea foam; sea spray.
• Something resembling snow in appearance or color.
• Also in the plural: white hair on an (older) person's head.
• Something resembling snow in appearance or color.
• White marble.
• Something resembling snow in appearance or color.
• Money, especially silver coins.
• Something resembling snow in appearance or color.
• White linen which has been washed.
• Something resembling snow in appearance or color.
• Chiefly with a descriptive word: a substance other than water resembling snow when frozen; specifically, frozen carbon dioxide.
• Something resembling snow in appearance or color.
• Clipping of marine snow (“sinking organic detritus in the ocean”).
• Something resembling snow in appearance or color.
• Cocaine; also (less frequently), heroin or morphine.
• A square-rigged sailing vessel similar to a brig formerly used as a warship, with a foremast, a mainmast, and a trysail mast immediately abaft (behind) the mainmast.

Verb

Verb Forms: snowed, snowing, snows

• To fall as snow; to cover or overwhelm with snow.
• fall as snow
  • "It was snowing all night"
• conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
• Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have snow (noun sense 1) fall from the atmosphere.
• Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have snow (noun sense 1) fall from the atmosphere.
• Of a thing: to fall like snow.
• To cause (something) to fall like snow.
• To cover or scatter (a place or thing) with, or as if with, snow.
• To cause (hair) to turn white; also, to cause (someone) to have white hair.
• To convince or hoodwink (someone), especially by presenting confusing information or through flattery.
• To convince or hoodwink (someone), especially by presenting confusing information or through flattery.
• To bluff (an opponent) in draw poker by playing a hand which has no value, or by refusing to draw any cards.
• To cause (someone) to be under the effect of a drug; to dope, to drug.

Examples

• apple snow    lemon snow
• It is snowing.    It started to snow.
• The Scrabble board seemed to SNOW me under with difficult letters.
• We have had several heavy snows this year.

Synonyms

bamboozle, Baron Snow of Leicester, blow, C, C. P. Snow, Charles Percy Snow, coke, hoodwink, lead by the nose, nose candy, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, snowfall, Bolivian marching powder, California corn flakes, benzoylmethylecgonine, booger sugar, boots, charlie, ching, corinne, crystals, flake, girl, hard white, marching powder, nose powder, party powder, powder, rock, rocks, shash#Etymology 2, slim, sniff, snow, snuff, toot, wash, white, white girl, white lady, yay, yayo, yola

Related Words

Cascade concrete, avalanche, blizzard, chionodoxa, firn, freezing rain, frost, graupel, hail, igloo, nieve penitente, nival, niveous, penitentes, quinzee, quinzhee, rain, sastruga, sastrugi, skiing, sleet, slush, snizzle, the old woman is plucking her goose, yukigassen, zastruga, zastrugi

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