snow
Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have snow fall from the atmospherePreceded by the dummy subject it: to have snow (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1) fall from the atmosphere.
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» The mountain is covered with snow.
Der Berg ist mit Schnee bedeckt. — lilygilder
Der Berg ist verschneit. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Гора укрыта снегом. — al_ex_an_der
Гора покрыта снегом. — Imp
Гора вкрита снігом. — Internecivus
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
8 senses(impersonal, intransitive)Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have snow (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1) fall from the atmosphere.
It is snowing. It started to snow.
schneien
снежи́тьsnežítʹ
сніжи́тиsnižýty
fall as snow
Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have snow (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1) fall from the atmosphere.
(also, figuratively, impersonal, intransitive)Of a thing: to fall like snow.
(transitive)To cause (something) to fall like snow.
(transitive)To cover or scatter (a place or thing) with, or as if with, snow.
(figuratively, transitive)To cause (hair) to turn white; also, to cause (someone) to have white hair.
(figuratively, slang, transitive)To convince or hoodwink (someone), especially by presenting confusing information or through flattery.
обманыватьobmanyvatʹ
To convince or hoodwink (someone), especially by presenting confusing information or through flattery.
(figuratively, slang, transitive)To bluff (an opponent) in draw poker by playing a hand which has no value, or by refusing to draw any cards.
(US, figuratively, slang, transitive)To cause (someone) to be under the effect of a drug; to dope, to drug.
Examples
2453 sentencesThe mountain is covered with snow.
Гора вкрита снігом. — Internecivus
ruГора укрыта снегом. — al_ex_an_der
deDer Berg ist mit Schnee bedeckt. — lilygilder
That mountain is covered with snow.
На горі лежить сніг. — deniko
ruЭта гора покрыта снегом. — marafon
deDieser Berg ist schneebedeckt. — Dejo
We got lost in the snow.
Ми заблукали в снігу. — deniko
ruМы заблудились в снегу. — Svetislava
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
The ground is covered with snow.
Земля вкрита снiгом. — rmdas
ruЗемля покрыта снегом. — drnm2
deDer Boden ist schneebedeckt. — MUIRIEL
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
The noun is derived from Middle English snaw, snou, snow (“snow; accumulation of snow; snoThe 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”).
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Forms
snows, snowing, snowed, snowedPhrasal verbs
6 phrasal verbs- snow upTo prevent (an event) from occurring due to snow.
- snow outTo cover with snow.
- snow inTo prevent from moving (from a building, in a city, etc) due to a large snowfall.
- snow downTo fall from the sky, as snow
- snow overSynonym of snow in.
- snow underTo overwhelm (with large quantities of something to be dealt with).
Synonyms
5 synonyms- conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end:bamboozlehoodwinkpull the wool over someone's eyeslead by the noseplay false
Word family
29 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A2Weather and nature — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
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 dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.