snow

Definition

  • noun: soft, white pieces of frozen water that fall to the ground from the sky in cold weather
  • noun: precipitation in the form of small white ice crystals formed directly from the water vapor of the air at a temperature of less than 32°F (0°C)
  • verb: to impress, deceive, or persuade (someone)
  • verb: to fall in or as snow
  • used with 'it' to say that snow is falling
  • synonyms: benzedrine, benzedrine pill, c

Examples

  • The weatherman is forecasting 'heavy/light snow'. [=the weatherman is saying that a large/small amount of snow will fall]

  • We got 12 inches of 'snow'. [=we had a snowstorm that left 12 inches of snow on the ground]

  • They'd been promised a big return on their investments, but all they got was a 'snow job'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) and both neglect What if this cursed hand were thicker than itself with brother's blood? Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens to wash it white as snow? Whereto serves mercy but to confront the visage of offense'? Then I'll look up. My fault is past But oh, what form of prayer (..)
    2015 Hamlet
  • (..) play the fool nowhere but in his own house Oh help him, you sweet heavens If thou dost many, I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shall not escape calumny Get thee to a nunnery, and quickly too. Or if thou wilt many, many a fool (..)
    2015 Hamlet