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snow
[snoh]
–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.
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| 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)
—Verb phrase| 10. | to let fall as or like snow. |
| 11. | Slang.
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| 12. | snow under,
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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
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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