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snows

9 definitions • 15 examples
1
the small, soft, white pieces of ice that sometimes fall from the sky when it is cold, or the white layer on the ground and other surfaces that it forms:

Examples:

Outside the snow began to fall.
Let's go and play in the snow!
A blanket of snow lay on the ground.
Her hair was jet-black, her lips ruby-red and her skin as white as snow.
2
a single fall of snow:

Examples:

We haven't had many heavy snows this winter.
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If it snows, snow falls from the sky:

Examples:

It's snowing.
It's starting to snow.
5
to deceive or trick someone by talking a lot or by giving them a lot of information:

Examples:

It felt like she was snowing us with statistics.
6
water that falls from clouds as soft, white flakes (= thin pieces) of ice when it is cold, or an amount of these flakes:

Examples:

[ U ] Six inches of snow fell overnight.
[ C ] We have had several snows in the past week.
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to deceive someone with charming, persuasive talk:

Examples:

This guy is very smooth and can snow anybody.
8
If it snows, snow falls from the sky:

Examples:

It snowed all weekend.
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to have more work than you can deal with:

Examples:

be snowed under with/by sth We have been snowed under with phone calls all day.
One of her major concerns is to ensure that her boss never gets snowed under.

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