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.
» Tom snores louder than anyone else I know.
Том хропить гучніше, ніж будь-хто інший з усіх, кого я знаю.
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
Examples
386 sentencesTom snores louder than anyone else I know.
Том хропить гучніше, ніж будь-хто інший з усіх, кого я знаю. — deniko
Tom started to snore.
Том захропів. — deniko
ruТом захрапел. — bijin
deTom fing an zu schnarchen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I don't usually snore.
Я зазвичай не хроплю. — deniko
ruЯ обычно не храплю. — Selena777
Tom heard Mary snoring.
Том чув, як Мері хропіла. — deniko
Tom is still snoring.
Том все ще хропить. — deniko
ruТом ещё храпит. — Wezel
Translations
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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, 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
10 patterns- snores louder than
- snoring loudly
- snoring in the
- snoring didn't bother
- snores louder
- snoring kept
- your snoring didn't
- who was snoring
- started snoring
- snore but