Pronunciation Noun
snow
- (uncountable) The frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation.
- 1928, A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner,
- The wind had dropped, and the snow, tired of rushing around in circles trying to catch itself up, now fluttered gently down until it found a place on which to rest.''
- 1928, A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner,
- (uncountable) Any similar frozen form of a gas or liquid.
- 2008, Neal Asher, "Alien Archaeology"
- Clad in a coldsuit Jael trudged through a thin layer of CO2 snow ...
- 2008, Neal Asher, "Alien Archaeology"
- (countable) A snowfall; a blanket of frozen, crystalline water.
- We have had several heavy snows this year.
- (uncountable) A shade of the color white.
- (uncountable) The moving pattern of random dots displayed on a television, etc., when no transmission signal is being received.
- Synonyms: shash
- (uncountable, slang) Cocaine.
- (cocaine) blow
- French: blanc comme neige
- German: schneeweiß
- Portuguese: branco-neve
- French: neige
- German: Schnee, Grieß
- Italian: effetto neve
- Portuguese: chuvisco
- Russian: снег
- Spanish: nieve
- French: chute de neige
- German: Schneefall
- Italian: nevicata
- Portuguese: nevada
- Russian: снегопа́д
- Spanish: nieves, nevada
snow (snows, present participle snowing; past snowed, past participle snowed)
- (impersonal) To have snow#Noun|snow fall from the sky.
- It is snowing.
- It started to snow.
- (colloquial) To hoodwink someone, especially by presenting confusing information.
- (poker) To bluff in draw poker by refusing to draw any cards.
- Russian: обманывать
snow (plural snows)
- (nautical) A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.
Snow
Proper noun
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