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- [snoh]
- /snoʊ/
- /snəʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [snoh]
- /snoʊ/
Definitions of snow word
- noun snow Sir Charles Percy (C. P. Snow) 1905–80, English novelist and scientist. 1
- verb without object snow to send down snow; fall as snow. 1
- verb without object snow to descend like snow. 1
- verb with object snow to let fall as or like snow. 1
- verb with object snow Slang. to make an overwhelming impression on: The view really snowed them. to persuade or deceive: She was snowed into believing everything. 1
- noun snow ice crystal precipitation 1
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Origin of snow
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English snāw; cognate with Dutch sneeuw, German Schnee, Old Norse snǣr, Gothic snaiws, Latin nix (genitive nivis), Greek níps (accusative nípha), OCS sněgŭ; (v.) Middle English snowen, derivative of the noun; replacing Middle English snewen, Old English snīwan; cognate with Old High German snīwan (German schneien), Middle Low German, Middle Dutch snīen
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Parts of speech for Snow
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
snow popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
snow usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for snow
verb snow
- act upon — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
- auctioned — Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- beaded — A beaded dress, cushion, or other object is decorated with beads.
- beading — Beading is a narrow strip of wood that is used for decorating or edging furniture and doors.
- befog — to surround with fog
noun snow
- algor — chill
- berg — Alban (Maria Johannes) (ˈalbaːn). 1885–1935, Austrian composer: a pupil of Schoenberg. His works include the operas Wozzeck (1921) and Lulu (1935), a violin concerto (1935), chamber works, and songs
- cajolery — persuasion by flattery or promises; wheedling; coaxing.
- cocaine — Cocaine is a powerful drug which some people take for pleasure, but which they can become addicted to.
- coke — Coke is a solid black substance that is produced from coal and is burned as a fuel.
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