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snow

UK/snəʊ̯/ US/snoʊ̯/ common slang us
noun (4) verb (2)

noun

1.

precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

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2.

a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground

3.
4.

verb

1.

fall as snow

  • “It was snowing all night”
2.

conceal one''s true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end

  • “He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well”
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Origin

The noun is derived from Middle English snaw, snou, snow (“snow; accumulation of snow; snowfall; snowstorm; whiteness”), from Old English snāw (“snow”), from Proto-West Germanic *snaiw (“snow”), from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz (“snow”), from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (“snow”), from *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”). The verb is derived from Middle English snouen (“to snow; (figurative) to shower”), from snou, snow (noun) (see above) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs). Displaced Old English snīwan, whence English snew (obsolete). Verb etymology 1, verb sense 2.3.2 (“to convince or hoodwink (someone)”) probably refers to a person being blinded or confused by a snowstorm. The adjective comes from the phrase a snowball's chance in hell, also see snowball clause at Wikipedia. Cognates * Scots snaw (“snow”) * Yola sneew, sneow, snow, snowe (“snow”) * North Frisian Sne, sni, snii, snii'e, snä, snäi (“snow”) * Saterland Frisian Snee (“snow”) * West Frisian snie (“snow”) * Alemannic German schnee, schnei, schnia, schné, schnìj (“snow”) * Bavarian schnea, sghneab (“snow”) * Cimbrian snea, snèa (“snow”) * Dutch snee, sneeuw (“snow”) * German Schnee (“snow”) * Limburgish Schnië, snieë (“s...

Phrases

  • abominable snow monster
  • acid snow
  • apple snow
  • artificial snow
  • as pure as the driven snow
  • as white as snow
  • buy when it snows, sell when it goes
  • it's snowing
  • let it snow
  • pure as the driven snow
  • snow down
  • snow in

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