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snow

/snoʊ̯/noun, verb1 syllable

Snow means: conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end.

Synonyms for snow22

noun, as in street names for cocaine

coke, blow, nose candy, C

noun, as in English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980)

C. P. Snow, Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow of Leicester

noun, as in precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

snowfall

verb, as in conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end

bamboozle, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false

also used for snow

shash, static, benzoylmethylecgonine, Bolivian marching powder, booger sugar, boots, California corn flakes, charlie, ching

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What does snow mean?6

verb

1

conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end“He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well”

2

fall as snow“It was snowing all night”

noun

1

street names for cocaine

2

English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980)

3

precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

4

a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with snow?60

two syllables

three syllables

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Snow in a sentence

  • Judging from the look of the sky, we may have snow tomorrow.CK
  • Judging from the look of the sky, it is going to snow.CK
  • From the look of the sky, it may begin to snow tonight.CK
  • To make matters worse, it began to snow.CK
  • Your letter reached me only today, having been delayed by the heavy snow.CK
  • In spite of the heavy snow, she came all the way to the station.Eldad
  • The ground was covered with snow, as far as the eye could see.unknown
  • In the mountain area, snow has fallen more than fifty centimeters deep.CK

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Forms of snow

as a noun

plural
snows

as a verb

past tense
snowed
present participle
snowing
third-person singular
snows
past participle
snowed