snow

snow¹ W3S3 [snəu US snou] n

[: Old English; Origin: snaw]

1.) [U]

soft white pieces of frozen water that fall from the sky in cold weather and cover the ground

→↑sleet

▪ Snow was falling heavily as we entered the village.

▪ I could see footprints in the snow.

▪ The town was buried under three feet of snow.

▪ roads blocked by deep snow

▪ snow-covered fields

▪ Outside the snow was already melting .

▪ The day was cold with flurries of snow (=when a small amount of snow falls) .

▪ The first few flakes of snow (=small pieces of snow) started to fall.

2.)

a period of time in which snow falls

▪ one of the heaviest snows this winter

3.) snows [plural]

a large amount of snow that has fallen at different times during the winter

▪ the melting of the winter snows

4.) [U]

small white spots on a television picture, caused by bad weather conditions, weak television signals etc

5.) [U] informal

↑cocaine

snow ²

snow² v

1.) it snows

if it snows, snow falls from the sky

▪ It snowed all night.

▪ It started snowing around five.

2.) be snowed in

to be unable to travel from a place because so much snow has fallen there

▪ We were snowed in for three days last winter.

3.) be snowed under

a) informal to have more work than you can deal with

be snowed under with

▪ I found myself snowed under with work.

b) if an area is snowed under, a lot of snow has fallen there so that people are not able to travel

4.) [T] AmE informal to persuade someone to believe or support something, especially by lying to them

snow sb into doing sth

▪ Millions of readers were snowed into believing it was a true story.