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snow

  [snoh]
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–noun
1. 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.
2. these flakes as forming a layer on the ground or other surface.
3. the fall of these flakes or a storm during which these flakes fall.
4. something resembling a layer of these flakes in whiteness, softness, or the like: the snow of fresh linen.
5. Literary.
a. white blossoms.
b. the white color of snow.
6. Slang. cocaine or heroin.
7. white spots or bands on a television screen caused by a weak signal. Compare hash 1 (def. 5).
–verb (used without object)
8. to send down snow; fall as snow.
9. to descend like snow.
–verb (used with object)
10. to let fall as or like snow.
11. Slang.
a. to make an overwhelming impression on: The view really snowed them.
b. to persuade or deceive: She was snowed into believing everything.
—Verb phrase
12. snow under,
a. to cover with or bury in snow.
b. to overwhelm with a larger amount of something than can be conveniently dealt with.
c. to defeat overwhelmingly.
Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME; OE snāw; c. D sneeuw, G Schnee, ON snǣr, Goth snaiws, L nix (gen. nivis), Gk níps (acc. nípha), OCS sněgŭ; (v.) ME snowen, deriv. of the n.; r. ME snewen, OE snīwan; c. OHG snīwan (G schneien), MLG, MD snīen

Related forms:
snowless, adjective
snowlike, adjective
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snow   (snō)   
n.  
  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:
    1. The white specks on a television screen resulting from weak reception.
    2. Slang Cocaine.
    3. Slang Heroin.
v.   snowed, snow·ing, snows

v.   intr.
To fall as or in snow.
v.   tr.
  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(s):
snow under
  1. To overwhelm: I was snowed under with work.
  2. To defeat by a very large margin.

[Middle English, from Old English snāw; see sneigwh- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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