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snow
has definitions from the fields of pharmacology,meteorology,writing
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[ noun ] (meteorology) precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
Synonyms Used in print (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)Try that late winter pickup when you are so tired_of cold and snow that you feel you just can't take another day of it . (Francis Pollini, Night....)The snow came a_little faster now , he noted . The snow again . I hear the whole bunch is croakin out in the snow . The snow was tumbling down furiously now . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground
Used in print (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)That cold_frame was my morale_builder ; its mass of bright bloom set in a border of snow made my spirits rise every time I looked at it . (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)I decided I hated the Pedersen kid too , dying in our kitchen while I was away where I could n't watch , dying just to entertain Hans and making me go_up snapping steps and down a drafty hall , Pa lumped under the covers at the end like dung covered with snow , snoring and whistling . Hans is rubbing him with snow . He was rubbing snow on the kid 's legs and feet . Water from the snow and water from the towels had run off the kid to the table where the dough was , and the dough was turning pasty , sticking_to the kid 's back and behind . |
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[ verb ] fall as snow
Examples "It was snowing all night." Used in print (Ralph B. Long. The Sentence and Its Parts: A...)Thus in a context in which there has been discussion of snow but mention of local conditions is new , dominant stress will probably be on here in it rarely snows here , but in a context in which there has been discussion of local weather but no mention of snow , dominant stress will probably be on snows . Thus in a context in which there has been discussion of snow but mention of local conditions is new , dominant stress will probably be on here in it rarely snows here , but in a context in which there has been discussion of local weather but no mention of snow , dominant stress will probably be on snows . Thus the unstressed it of it rarely snows here gets its significance from its use with snows : nothing can snow snow but `` it '' . Thus the unstressed it of it rarely snows here gets its significance from its use with snows : nothing can snow snow but `` it '' . Thus the unstressed it of it rarely snows here gets its significance from its use with snows : nothing can snow snow but `` it '' . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 567
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[ verb ] conceal one's true motives from esp. by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
Examples "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (writing) English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980)
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