snow

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer.
2. (countable) The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer.
3. (countable) The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer.
4. (countable) The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer.
5. (countable) Something resembling snow (sense 1) in appearance or color.
6. (countable, uncountable) Something resembling snow (sense 1) in appearance or color.
7. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Something resembling snow (sense 1) in appearance or color.
8. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Something resembling snow (sense 1) in appearance or color.
9. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Something resembling snow (sense 1) in appearance or color.
10. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Something resembling snow (sense 1) in appearance or color.
11. (countable, figuratively, poetic, uncountable) Something resembling snow (sense 1) in appearance or color.
12. (countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable) Something resembling snow (sense 1) in appearance or color.
13. (countable, dated, figuratively, slang, uncountable) Something resembling snow (sense 1) in appearance or color.
14. (countable, uncountable) Something resembling snow (sense 1) in appearance or color.
15. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable) Something resembling snow (sense 1) in appearance or color.
16. (countable, slang, uncountable) Something resembling snow (sense 1) in appearance or color.

Verb

1. (impersonal, intransitive) Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have snow (noun sense 1) fall from the atmosphere.
2. (also, figuratively, impersonal, intransitive) Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have snow (noun sense 1) fall from the atmosphere.
3. (transitive) To cause (something) to fall like snow.
4. (transitive) To cover or scatter (a place or thing) with, or as if with, snow.
5. (figuratively, transitive) To cause (hair) to turn white; also, to cause (someone) to have white hair.
6. (figuratively, slang, transitive) To convince or hoodwink (someone), especially by presenting confusing information or through flattery.
7. (figuratively, slang, transitive) To convince or hoodwink (someone), especially by presenting confusing information or through flattery.
8. (US, figuratively, slang, transitive) To cause (someone) to be under the effect of a drug; to dope, to drug.

Synonyms

ice

🧊

coke

snowfall

cocaine

nose candy

hail

blow

bamboozle

lead by the nose

hoodwink

frost

play false

sleet

bluff

snowdrift

damp

pull the wool over someone’s eyes

C

snowy

pelt

rime

shower

🚿

silver

slush

snowing

snowstorm

Snow White

throw

toot

white horse

whiten

whiteness

winter

⛷️

bluff out

falling snow

gray hair

grey hair

snow-storm

something white

powder snow

gnar

street drug

white lady

snow tyre

rising water

snowshower

Bolivian marching powder

yola

plenty white

advantage

Translations

neige

❄️

Schnee

❄️

neve

❄️

nieve

❄️

sneeuw

❄️

neve

❄️

neu

❄️

χιόνι

schneien

❄️

nix

❄️

nevicare

❄️

kar

❄️

nevar

❄️

neiger

❄️

Pronounced as (IPA)

/snəʊ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: snow

Inherited from Old English: snāw

Cognate with Scots: snaw

Cognate with Western Frisian: snie

Cognate with Dutch: sneeuw

Cognate with German: Schnee

Cognate with Danish: sne

Cognate with Norwegian: snø

Cognate with Swedish: snö

Cognate with Icelandic: snjór

Cognate with Latin: nix

Cognate with Russian: снег

Cognate with Ancient Greek: νίφα

Cognate with Albanian: nehë

Cognate with Sanskrit: स्नेह

Cognate with Low German: -

In summary

The noun is derived from Middle English snaw, snou, snow (“snow; accumulation of snow; snowfall; snowstorm; whiteness”), from Old English snāw (“snow”), from Proto-West Germanic *snaiw (“snow”), from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz (“snow”), from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (“snow”), from *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”).
The verb is derived from Middle English snouen (“to snow; (figurative) to shower”), from snou, snow (noun) (see above) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs). Displaced Old English snīwan, whence English snew (obsolete).
Verb sense 2.3.2 (“to convince or hoodwink (someone)”) probably refers to a person being blinded or confused by a snowstorm.
Cognates
* Scots snaw (“snow”)
* Yola sneew, sneow, snow, snowe (“snow”)
* North Frisian Sne, snii, snä (“snow”)
* Saterland Frisian Snee (“snow”)
* West Frisian snie (“snow”)
* Alemannic German schnee, schnei, schnia, schné, schnìj (“snow”)
* Bavarian schnea, sghneab (“snow”)
* Cimbrian snea, snèa (“snow”)
* Dutch snee, sneeuw (“snow”)
* German Schnee (“snow”)
* Limburgish Schnië, snieë (“snow”)
* Luxembourgish Schnéi (“snow”)
* Mòcheno schnea (“snow”)
* Vilamovian śnej, šnej, śnyi (“snow”)
* Yiddish שניי (shney, “snow”)
* Danish sne (“snow”)
* Elfdalian sniųo (“snow”)
* Faroese snjógvur (“snow”)
* Icelandic snjár, snjór, snær (“snow”)
* Norwegian Bokmål sne, snø (“snow”)
* Norwegian Nynorsk snjo, snø (“snow”)
* Swedish snö (“snow”)
* Gothic 𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 (snaiws, “snow”)
* Albanian nehë (“place where the snow melts”)
* Latin nix (“snow”)
* Ancient Greek νίψ (níps, “snow”)
* Russian снег (sneg, “snow”)
* Sanskrit स्नेह (snéha, “oil, grease”)