Snow | Mean of snow in English Dictionary
/ˈsnoʊ/
- Noun
- soft, white pieces of frozen water that fall to the ground from the sky in cold weather
- Snow fell softly on the town.
- The mountains were blanketed/covered with snow.
- She took a walk in the snow.
- We got 12 inches of snow. [=we had a snowstorm that left 12 inches of snow on the ground]
- We haven't had much snow this year.
- The weatherman is forecasting heavy/light snow. [=the weatherman is saying that a large/small amount of snow will fall]
- She went out to shovel the snow.
- Soon the warm spring sun will melt the winter snows.
- the snows of the Rocky Mountains
- A light/heavy snow was falling.
- white dots that appear on the screen of a television when it is receiving a weak signal
- Verb
- to impress, deceive, or persuade (someone)
- She was not snowed by the special treatment she received.
- I was completely snowed by the presentation. [=I was very impressed by it]
- unable to leave a place because a lot of snow is falling or has fallen
- We got snowed in at my sister's house.
- They were snowed in for a week.
- blocked with snow
- The road was snowed in.
- having to deal with too much of something
- He was snowed under with e-mail. [=he had a lot of e-mails to respond to]