snore
To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palateTo breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.
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Translations
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Examples
386 sentencesTom doesn't think he snores.
Том не думає, що він хропить. — deniko
I think that I snore.
Мені здається, я храплю. — deniko
You were snoring.
Ти хропів. — deniko
ruТы храпел. — Wezel
deDu hast geschnarcht. — wolfgangth
Meaning
1 sensesTo breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.
schnarchen
храпе́тьxrapétʹ
хропі́тиxropíty
breathe noisily during one's sleep
Origin
From Middle English snoren, fnoren (“to snore loudly; snort”), from Middle English snore,From Middle English snoren, fnoren (“to snore loudly; snort”), from Middle English snore, *fnore (“snore; snort”, noun), from Old English fnora (“snort; sneezing”), from Proto-Germanic *fnuzô, from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to breathe; snort; sneeze”). Compare also Proto-West Germanic *snarkōn, Middle Low German snorren (“to drone”), Dutch snorren (“to hum, purr”).
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Forms
snores, snoring, snored, snoredTenses
snore · snored · will snore · have snoredSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
6 patterns- snoring loudly
- snoring didn't bother
- snores louder
- snoring kept
- started snoring
- snore but
See also
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