snowflake
To fall in the manner of a snowflakeTo fall in the manner of a snowflake.
» I just saw a few snowflakes.
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2 sensesTo fall in the manner of a snowflake.
To arrange (data) into a snowflake schema.
Examples
59 sentencesI just saw a few snowflakes.
They say that no two snowflakes are the same.
Tom caught a snowflake on his tongue.
ruТом поймал снежинку на язык. — Wezel
Tom and Mary watched the snowflakes fall.
ruТом и Мэри смотрели, как падают снежинки. — marafon
deTom und Maria sahen den rieselnden Schneeflocken zu. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom looked at a snowflake through his microscope.
ruТом посмотрел на снежинку через свой микроскоп. — Wezel
deTom betrachtete eine Schneeflocke durch sein Mikroskop. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From snow + flake. Compare Saterland Frisian Sneeflokke (“snowflake”), Dutch sneeuwvlok, LFrom snow + flake. Compare Saterland Frisian Sneeflokke (“snowflake”), Dutch sneeuwvlok, Luxembourgish Schnéiflack, German Schneeflocke.
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Forms
snowflakes, snowflaking, snowflaked, snowflaked| Base form | snowflake · to snowflake |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | snowflakes |
| Present participle | snowflaking |
| Past simple | snowflaked |
| Past participle | snowflaked |
regular · Lesson
Lessons 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
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.