NounSnow fell softly on the town. The mountains were blanketed with snow. She took a walk in the snow. We haven't had much snow this year. 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 snow was falling. Verb easily snowed by her glib talk the years had snowed his hair to a silvery white, making it difficult at first to recognize her old high school crush See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
High above the tree-line, the wind, snow and cold maintain the iron grip of winter for months on end. Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2022 The loss of snow and ice on Mount Shasta has created a raft of problems. Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Sep. 2022 In 2021 the system was hobbled for weeks after a powerful winter storm bombarded Mississippi with snow and ice, causing pipes and water mains to burst.BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2022 Cano managed snow and ice operations leading to the city being selected as one of five national winners of the 2022 Excellence in Snow and Ice Control Award. Staff Reports, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022 Despite its reputation for ice and snow, Alaska has been farmed for hundreds of years. Yasmin Tayag, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2022 The truck’s modifications were done by Arctic Trucks, which charges $75,000 (and a donor truck) for its standard work that makes the truck more capable of driving over ice and snow. Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 27 Aug. 2022 But a lack of snow and rain doesn’t fully explain what is happening to the Colorado River. Elise Hammond, CNN, 16 Aug. 2022 Guests who opt to spend more than one day in the Arctic are invited to stay at Echo, a brand-new Polar camp comprised of six state-of-the-art pods with a futuristic floor-to-ceiling window design overlooking a vast expanse of snow and ice fields. Michelle Gross, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
Verb
Don’t let the Jordan Petersons of the world snow you. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 July 2022 Here are the best places for icy refreshments, from frozen margaritas to snow cones and gelato bars. Megha Mcswain, Chron, 3 June 2022 First: a heap of people are climbing, skiing, snowshoeing, and even snow running Mount Hood.Outside Online, 29 May 2022 The resort gathers snow from around the mountain to maintain the tubing hill so that guests can cool off from the summer heat and get that winter fix. Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 19 May 2022 Doesn’t snow in Washington prove climate change is a hoax? Michael Lynch, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022 The accumulation forecast is a tricky one since rain will be turning to snow with temperatures initially above freezing.Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022 Wausau and Stevens Point may also see thunderstorms before everything switches to snow overnight. Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2022 Rain changes to snow as a strong cold front passes early Saturday.Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Old English snāw; akin to Old High German snēo snow, Latin niv-, nix, Greek nipha (accusative)
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a