snow
English
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Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English snow, snaw, from Old English snāw (“snow”), from Proto-West Germanic *snaiw, from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz (“snow”), from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (“snow”), from the root *sneygʷʰ-.
Cognate with Scots snaw (“snow”), West Frisian snie (“snow”), Dutch sneeuw (“snow”), German Schnee (“snow”), Danish sne (“snow”), Norwegian snø (“snow”), Swedish snö (“snow”), Icelandic snjór (“snow”), Latin nix (“snow”), Russian снег (sneg), Ancient Greek νίφα (nípha), dialectal Albanian nehë (“place where the snow melts”), Sanskrit स्नेह (snéha, “oil, grease”).
The extended senses all trace back to the appearance of the weather phenomenon.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) enPR: snō, IPA(key): /snəʊ/, [snəʊ̯]
- (US) enPR: snō, IPA(key): /snoʊ/, [snoʊ̯]
Audio (UK): (file) Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊ
Noun
[edit]snow (countable and uncountable, plural snows)
- (uncountable) The frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation.
- 1928, A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner:
- The wind had dropped, and the snow, tired of rushing around in circles trying to catch itself up, now fluttered gently down until it found a place on which to rest.
- 2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?[1], New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 261:
- TRUE FACT: On June 8, 1995, Glacier National Park was closed because of too much snow.
- (uncountable) Any similar frozen form of a gas or liquid.
- 2008, Neal Asher, Alien Archaeology:
- Clad in a coldsuit Jael trudged through a thin layer of CO2 snow ...
- (countable) A snowfall; a blanket of frozen, crystalline water.
- We have had several heavy snows this year.
- (uncountable) A shade of the color white.
- snow:
- (uncountable) The moving pattern of random dots displayed on a television, etc., when no transmission signal is being received.
- (uncountable, slang) Cocaine.
- Synonyms: blow; see also Thesaurus:cocaine
- 1930, Dorothy L. Sayers, Strong Poison:
- Besides, if it wasn't poison, it might be 'snow' or something.
- Marine snow.
- 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 286:
- Lower down, in the 95 percent of the ocean where light does not penetrate, many living things feed on 'marine snow', the steady drizzle of particles of dead matter, whitish in colour, gradually sinking from the euphotic zone above. Other animals then feed on the 'snow' eaters.
- (informal, in the plural) Clipping of snow tires.
- better be wearing your snows next week
- 1984 April 7, “Classified advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 15:
- 74 VW dyke mobile, 75K miles. Immac in/out & great to drive. No rust! Includes roofrack, snows, manual.
Derived terms
[edit]- abominable snow monster
- acid snow
- apple snow
- artificial snow
- as pure as the driven snow, pure as the driven snow
- as white as snow, white as snow
- blowing snow
- carbon dioxide snow
- carbon dioxide snow cleaning
- coco snow
- come rain or snow
- cooking snow
- corn snow
- couldn't piss a hole in the snow
- deadman snow anchor
- drifting snow
- driven snow
- dry snow
- European snow vole
- evening-snow
- firn snow
- Florida snow
- frost snow
- glory-of-the-snow
- granular snow
- green snow
- Hawaiian snow
- hominy snow
- lake-effect snow
- laser snow
- marine snow
- mountain snow
- new snow
- old snow
- onion snow
- packing snow
- pink snow
- popcorn snow
- powder snow
- pure as driven snow
- red snow
- robin snow
- roll of snow
- sand snow
- sell snow to Eskimos
- Sno-cat
- Snomobile, snowmobile
- SNOTEL
- snow ablation
- snow accumulation
- snow advisory
- snow alga
- snow algae
- snow angel
- snow apple
- snow-apple
- snowball
- snowbank
- snow banner
- Snowbasin
- snow bear
- snowbell
- snow-belt, Snowbelt
- snowberry
- snow bike
- snowbiking
- snow-bird
- snow bird, snowbird
- snowblade
- snowblader
- snowblading
- snow-blanket
- snow blindness, snowblindness
- snow-blind, snowblind
- snow-blink, snowblink
- snow-blossom
- snowblow
- snow-blow
- snowblower
- snow blower
- SnowBMX
- snowboard
- snow board
- snowboarder
- snowboarding
- snow bomb
- snowboot
- snowbound
- snowbow
- Snow Bowl
- snow box
- snow brake
- snowbreak
- snow bridge
- snow-broo, snow-bru
- snow-broth
- snowbrush
- snow-bucking
- snow bunny
- snow bunting
- snowburn
- snow bush, snowbush
- snow-camel
- snow cannon
- snow cap
- snow-capped, snow-capt
- snowcap, snowcap
- snow castle
- snowcat
- snow catch
- snow cave
- Snowcem, snowcem
- snow chain
- snowchild
- snow chukor
- snow-clad
- snow cleaning
- snow climate
- snowclone
- snow cloud
- snow cock, snowcock
- snow coke
- snow-cold
- snow concrete
- snow cone
- snow conjunctivitis
- snow cornice
- snow course
- snow cover
- snow-covered
- snow crab (Cionoecetes)
- snow-craft
- snow cream
- Snow Creek Falls
- snow creep, snowcreep
- Snowcrest
- snowcrete
- snow-cripple
- snow-crowned
- snow cruiser
- snow-cruising
- snow crust
- snow crystal
- snow currant
- snow daisy
- snow day
- snowdeck
- snowdeep
- snow density
- snow depth
- snow devil
- snowdog
- snow donut
- snow doughnut
- snowdrift
- snow drift
- snowdrop
- snow-dropper
- snow-dropping
- snow-dusted
- snow ear, snow ear fungus
- snow-eater
- snow emergency
- snow-eyes
- snowfall
- snow farming
- snow-fed
- snow fence
- snow fencing
- snow festival
- snowfield
- snow figure
- snow finch, snow-finch
- snow-fire
- snow-fish
- snow-flake
- snowflake
- snow flea
- snow fleck, snow-fleck, snowfleck, snowflick
- snow-flight, snowflight
- snow flood
- snow flower, snowflower
- snow fluke
- snow flurry
- snow fly
- snowfolk
- snow-foot
- snow forest climate
- snow fort
- snow-fowl
- snow fox
- snow-free
- snow fungus
- snow garland
- snow gate
- snow-gatherer
- snow gauge
- snow-gem
- snow-generating level
- snow geyser
- snow globe
- snow glory
- snow gnat
- snow goggles
- snow-goggles
- snow golf
- snow goose
- snow grains
- snow grass
- snow grave
- snow groomer
- snow grooming
- snow-grouse
- snow guard
- snow gum
- snow gun
- snow-hammer
- snow hedge
- snow-hen
- Snow Hill
- snow-hole
- snowhorse
- snowhouse
- snow house
- snow-how
- snow-ice
- snow-in-harvest
- snow insect
- snow-in-summer
- snowish
- Snow Island
- snow job
- snow-job
- snow kayaking
- snowkid
- snowkiting
- snow knife
- snowlady
- Snow Lake
- snow-lark
- snow leopard
- snow-leopard
- snowless
- snow level
- snow-like, snowlike
- snow lily
- snow-limit
- snow line, snowline
- snow lion
- snow load
- snow lotus
- snow machine, snowmachine
- snow-mageddon
- snow-maker, snowmaker
- snow-making, snowmaking
- snowman
- snow management
- snowmanship
- snow mat
- snow melt, snowmelt
- snow meow
- snow-merchant
- snow metamorphism
- snow mew
- snow mist
- snow mold, snow mould
- snow monkey
- snow monster
- snow moon
- snow morel
- SnowMoto
- snow mound
- Snow Mountain
- snow mouse
- snow mushroom
- snow-on-the-mountain
- snow on the mountain
- snow on the mountaintop
- snow on the mountain top
- snow on the roof
- snow on the rooftop
- snow on the roof top
- snow orchid
- snow-owl
- snowpack
- snow pallets
- snow panther
- snow-panther
- snow pants
- snow park
- snow partridge
- snow patch
- snow pea
- snow pear
- snow pellets
- snow pentathlon
- snowperson
- snow petrel
- snow pheasant
- snow pigeon
- snow pile
- snow pillow
- snow plane, snowplane
- snow plant
- snow plod
- snow plough, snow-plough, snowplough, snowplow
- snow plow
- snow plume
- snow pole
- snow poppy
- snow-porch
- snow porch
- snow pudding
- snow puff mushroom
- snow quail
- snowquake
- snow quality
- snow quartz
- snow queen
- Snow Queen
- snow racer
- snow-raking
- snow report
- snowrider
- snow ring
- snow ripple
- snow roller
- snow rose
- snow-rose
- snow sample
- snow sampler
- snow saw
- snow scale
- snowscape
- snow scene
- snow scoop
- snow scooter
- snow sculpture
- snow seals
- snow shed, snowshed, snow-shed
- snow sheep (Ovis nivicola)
- snow-sheet
- Snowshill
- Snow Shoe
- snow shoe, snow-shoe, snowshoe
- snow shovel
- snow shower, snowshower
- snowskating
- snow-skiing
- snow skink
- snow sky
- snow sled shovel
- snow-sleep
- snowslide
- snow-slip, snowslip
- snow smoke
- snow snake
- snow-snake, snow-snakes
- snow-sparrow
- snow-sports
- snowspout
- snow squall, snowsquall
- snow stage
- snow stake
- snowstalker
- snow-stone
- snowstorm
- snowsuit
- snowsurfing
- snow survey
- SNOWTAM
- snow-tan
- snow-thrower
- snow thrower
- snow thunderstorm
- snow-time
- snow tire, snow tyre
- Snowtown
- snow trails
- snow train
- snow tremor
- snow trillium (Trillium nivale)
- Snowtrooper
- snow tube
- snow tubing
- Snowville
- snow water, snow-water
- snow weasel
- snow well
- snow white
- snow-white
- snow-wolf
- snowwoman
- snow-worm
- snow-wreath
- snowy
- spring snow
- sugar on snow
- sugar on snow, sugar-on-snow
- tapioca snow
- there may be snow on the mountaintop but there's fire in the valley
- there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace
- The Snow Bogatyr
- The Snow Maiden
- thundersnow
- visual snow
- walk in the snow
- watermelon snow
- water snow
- weeping snow gum
- wet snow
- white as driven snow
- white as the driven snow
- white snow
- wild snow
- yellow snow
Translations
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Verb
[edit]snow (third-person singular simple present snows, present participle snowing, simple past snowed or (dialectal) snew, past participle snowed or (dialectal) snown)
- (impersonal) To have snow fall from the sky.
- It is snowing.
- It started to snow.
- (colloquial) To hoodwink someone, especially by presenting confusing information.
- 1958, Saul Bellow, Henderson the Rain King:
- Having passed them in review, I concluded that the best thing would be to try to snow him a little, so I said that I had heard many marvelous reports about the Wariri.
- (poker) To bluff in draw poker by refusing to draw any cards.[1]
Derived terms
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Brunson, Doyle (1978) Super/System: A course in power poker, B&G Publishing Company
Etymology 2
[edit]From Low German Snaue, or Dutch snauw, from Low German Snau (“a snout, a beak”). See snout.
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Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]snow (plural snows)
- (nautical, historical) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel, trysail-mast stepped immediately abaft the main mast.
- 1763, Sir Stephen Janssen, 4th Baronet, Smuggling Laid Open:
- A Snow of 120 Tons, and 48 Men, […] Mounting 12 Carriage Guns, besides Swivels.
See also
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[edit]Middle English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English snāw, from Proto-West Germanic *snaiw, from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Early Middle English, Northern) IPA(key): /snɑu̯/
- IPA(key): /snɔu̯/
Noun
[edit]snow (plural snowes)
- snow (frozen water as precipitation, either while falling or once landed)
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)[2], published c. 1410, Apocalips 1:14, page 117v; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- ⁊ þe heed of him ⁊ his heeris weren whiyt as whiyt wolle .· ⁊ as ſnow / ⁊ þe iȝen of him as flawme of fier .·
- And his head and his hairs were white, like white wool or snow, and his eyes were like fire's flame.
- snow-white (a snowy white)
- The temperature where snow appears.
- A blanket of snow; a snowing.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “snou, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-14.
Spanish
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[edit]Noun
[edit]snow m (uncountable)
Derived terms
[edit]Yola
[edit]Noun
[edit]snow
- Alternative form of sneow
- 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 96:
- An neeat wooden trenshoorès var whiter than snow.
- And neat wooden trenchers far whiter than snow.
References
[edit]- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 96
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