Snow (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. 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.
  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.
    • white blossoms.
    • the white color of snow.
  6. cocaine or heroin.
  7. snow tires: Most people up here keep their snows on through the end of April.
  8. white spots or bands on a television screen caused by a weak signal.
verb (used without object)
  1. to send down snow; fall as snow.
  2. to descend like snow.
verb (used with object)
  1. to let fall as or like snow.
  2. Slang.
    • to make an overwhelming impression on: The view really snowed them.
    • to persuade or deceive: She was snowed into believing everything.
Verb Phrases
  1. snow under,
    • to cover with or bury in snow.
    • to overwhelm with a larger amount of something than can be conveniently dealt with.
    • to defeat overwhelmingly.
noun
  1. English novelist and scientist.
noun
  1. precipitation from clouds in the form of flakes of ice crystals formed in the upper atmosphere
  2. a layer of snowflakes on the ground
  3. a fall of such precipitation
  4. anything resembling snow in whiteness, softness, etc
  5. the random pattern of white spots on a television or radar screen, produced by noise in the receiver and occurring when the signal is weak or absent
  6. cocaine
  7. See carbon dioxide snow
verb
  1. to be the case that snow is falling
  2. to cover or confine with a heavy fall of snow
  3. to fall or cause to fall as or like snow
  4. to deceive or overwhelm with elaborate often insincere talk
  5. to be overwhelmed, esp with paperwork
noun
  1. C (harles) P (ercy), Baron. 1905–80, British novelist and physicist. His novels include the series Strangers and Brothers (1949–70)
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