Meaning

17 senses

  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.

    a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground

  2. 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.

    (countable)An instance of the falling of snow (etymology 1, noun sense 1); a snowfall; also, a snowstorm.

    We have had several heavy snows this year.

    Schneefall

    снегопа́дsnegopád

    снігопа́дsnihopád

  3. (countable)A period of time when snow falls; a winter.

  4. (countable)An accumulation or spread of snow.

  5. Something resembling snow (etymology 1, noun sense 1) in appearance or color.

    (countable)A dish or component of a dish resembling snow, especially one made by whipping egg whites until creamy.

    apple snow lemon snow

  6. (uncountable)The white color of snow.

    schneeweiß

    белосне́жныйbelosnéžnyj

    білосні́жнийbilosnížnyj

  7. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Clusters of white flowers.

  8. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)The moving pattern of random dots seen on a radar or television screen, etc., when no transmission signal is being received or when there is interference.

    Near-synonym: static

    Schnee, Grieß

    снегsneg

  9. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Sea foam; sea spray.

  10. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Also in the plural: white hair on an (older) person's head.

  11. (countable, figuratively, poetic, uncountable)White marble.

  12. (countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable)Money, especially silver coins.

Examples

2453 sentences

  1. The mountain is covered with snow.

    Гора вкрита снігом. — Internecivus

    ruГора укрыта снегом. — al_ex_an_der

    deDer Berg ist mit Schnee bedeckt. — lilygilder

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  2. That mountain is covered with snow.

    На горі лежить сніг. — deniko

    ruЭта гора покрыта снегом. — marafon

    deDieser Berg ist schneebedeckt. — Dejo

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  3. We got lost in the snow.

    Ми заблукали в снігу. — deniko

    ruМы заблудились в снегу. — Svetislava

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  4. It looks like snow, doesn't it?

    Схоже на сніг, правда ж? — deniko

    ruСнег, что ли, а? — marafon

    deEs sieht aus wie Schnee, oder? — Wolf

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  5. The ground is covered with snow.

    Земля вкрита снiгом. — rmdas

    ruЗемля покрыта снегом. — drnm2

    deDer Boden ist schneebedeckt. — MUIRIEL

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; falling of such flakes; accumulation of them as a white layer:
instance of the falling of snow — see also snowfall:
white color of snow:
Русский
By meaning 3
partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; falling of such flakes; accumulation of them as a white layer:
instance of the falling of snow — see also snowfall:
white color of snow:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; falling of such flakes; accumulation of them as a white layer:
instance of the falling of snow — see also snowfall:
white color of snow:
moving pattern of random dots seen on a radar or television screen, etc., when no transmission signal is being received or when there is interference:
square-rigged sailing vessel similar to a brig:

Origin

The noun is derived from Middle English snaw, snou, snow (“snow; accumulation of snow; sno

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”).

Borrowed from Dutch snauw, snaauw, or Low German snau; further etymology uncertain, possibly from Low German snau (“beak”), related to Middle Low German snute (“snout”) (whence English snout), from Proto-West Germanic *snūt (“snout”), from Proto-Germanic *snūtaz (“snout”), possibly imitative.

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Forms

plural: snows
Singularsnow
Pluralsnows

regular

Synonyms

40 synonyms
blowA2cokeA1girlA1powderB1rockA2slimA2sniffB2washA1whiteA1shashstaticnose candybenzoylmethylecgonineBolivian marching powder
Close in meaning

Word family

267 related words
Relatedsnowy
DerivedsnowballB2snowboardingA2snowboardB1snowstormB1acid snowapple snowcorn snowdesnowevening-snowglory-of-the-snowgreen snowhominy snowmarine snownonsnowonion snowpacking snowpopcorn snowpowder snowred snowrobin snowsneckdownsnicesnirtsnocross

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • covered with snow
  • in the snow
  • snow tomorrow
  • the heavy snow
  • lot of snow
  • heavy snow
  • snow tonight
  • going to snow
  • the snow off
  • shoveling snow
  • snow last year
  • of the snow

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
snottysnoutsnowballB2snowbird
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