snow

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snow

A child catches snowflakes on their tongue.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • Precipitation in the form of ice crystals: A type of weather phenomenon where water vapor freezes into ice crystals in the atmosphere and falls to the ground.
    • A layer of snowflakes covering the ground: The accumulated white, soft, frozen material that results from snowfall.
    • Slang term for cocaine: A street name for the illegal drug cocaine, referring to its white, powdery appearance.

  2. Verb:

    • To fall as snow: Used impersonally to describe the weather condition when snow is falling from the sky.
    • To deceive or overwhelm someone with elaborate, insincere talk: To convince or mislead someone, often by flattering or confusing them with excessive information.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The children built a fort out of the fresh snow. (Refers to the frozen precipitation on the ground.)
    • The forecast predicts heavy snow tonight. (Refers to the weather phenomenon.)
    • The police found a bag of snow in his car. (Slang usage referring to cocaine.)

  • Verb:

    • Look outside! It is snowing! (Describes the action of snow falling.)
    • Don't let him snow you with his complicated excuses. (Means to deceive or overwhelm with talk.)
Advanced Usage
  • "to snow under": To overwhelm someone with a large amount of something, especially work.
    • I am completely snowed under with paperwork this week.
  • "to be snowed in/up": To be unable to travel because heavy snow has blocked roads or paths.
    • We were snowed in for three days after the blizzard.
Variants and Related Words
  • Snowy (adj): Characterized by or covered with snow.
    • We had a snowy winter.
  • Snowfall (n): An instance or quantity of snow falling.
    • The snowfall measured over six inches.
  • Snowflake (n): A single crystal of snow.
    • Each snowflake has a unique pattern.
Synonyms
  • Noun (precipitation): Flurries, powder, whiteout.
  • Verb (deceive): Bamboozle, hoodwink, beguile.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Snow under: To bury or overwhelm with a large quantity.
    • The small office was snowed under with customer complaints.
  • Snow in/up: To confine or trap due to snow.
    • The mountain village is often snowed in during January.
Related Idioms
  • "A snowball's chance in hell": No chance at all.
    • He has a snowball's chance in hell of winning the race without training.
  • "Snow job": A prolonged and elaborate effort to deceive or persuade someone.
    • The salesman gave me a real snow job about the car's history.
snow

A child catches snowflakes on their tongue.

Verb
  1. 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
  2. fall as snow
    • It was snowing all night
Noun
  1. street names for cocaine
  2. English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980)
  3. a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground
  4. precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

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