Snow, Jon /dʒɒn $ dʒɑːn/
a British news reporter who presents the evening news programme on Channel 4

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I. snow¹ S2 W3 /snəʊ $ snoʊ/ noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: snaw]

1. [uncountable] soft white pieces of frozen water that fall from the sky in cold weather and cover the ground ⇒ sleet:
Snow was falling heavily as we entered the village.
I could see footprints in the snow.
The town was buried under three feet of snow.

2. [countable] a period of time in which snow falls:
one of the heaviest snows this winter

3. snows [plural] a large amount of snow that has fallen at different times during the winter:
the melting of the winter snows

4. [uncountable] small white spots on a television picture, caused by bad weather conditions, weak television signals etc

5. [uncountable] informal cocaine

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II. snow² verb

1. it snows if it snows, snow falls from the sky:
It snowed all night.
It started snowing around five.

2. be snowed in to be unable to travel from a place because so much snow has fallen there:
We were snowed in for three days last winter.

3. be snowed under
a) informal to have more work than you can deal with
be snowed under with
I found myself snowed under with work.
b) if an area is snowed under, a lot of snow has fallen there so that people are not able to travel

4. [transitive] American English informal to persuade someone to believe or support something, especially by lying to them
snow somebody into doing something
Millions of readers were snowed into believing it was a true story.

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snow
noun
ADJ. heavy, thick | fine, light The plants were covered in fine snow.
deep | damp, wet | compacted, crisp, frozen, hard, packed The crisp snow crunched as we walked through it. The frozen snow was treacherous to walk on.
powder/powdery, soft | drifting, driving, falling, swirling They struggled on through the driving snow.
melted, melting | fresh, new, newly fallen | first the first snow of winter
spring, winter | artificial They had to use artificial snow at the Winter Olympics.
dirty
QUANT. flake | fall, flurry | patch | blanket, carpet | inch Three inches of snow fell had fallen.
VERB + SNOW be covered in The car was completely covered in snow.
clear, shovel, sweep She cleared the snow from the path.
SNOW + VERB cover sth, lie, pile (up), settle Snow covered everything from horizon to horizon. Snow had piled up against the walls of the cottage. It was too warm for the snow to settle.
drift, drive, fall, swirl | melt, thaw
SNOW + NOUN conditions, flurry, storm (also snowstorm) | plough (also snowplough) | blindness
PREP. across ~ They travelled across the snow in a sleigh.
in/into ~ The children are playing in the snow.
through ~ We struggled through the deep snow back to the chalet.
under ~ The steps were buried under the snow.

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snow
verb
ADV. hard, heavily It had been snowing heavily all night.
lightly
PHRASES start/stop snowing It started snowing just as we were setting out.

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snow

snow falls
Outside in the dark, snow was falling silently.
snow settles (=stays on the ground)
The snow was beginning to settle.
snow drifts (=is blown into deep piles)
The snow had drifted up against the hedge.
snow covers/blankets something
The ground was covered with snow.
snow melts (=turns to water)
The snow has melted and the ground is bare once more.
deep
The snow was quite deep in places.
heavy (=when a lot of snow falls)
France has been expecting heavy snow all week.
fresh
I had watched the tracks I’d made disappear under fresh snow.
powdery
The powdery snow flies up as I walk through it.
wet snow
He cleared the wet snow from the car windscreen.
light snow (=when only a small amount falls)
A light snow had begun to fall.
driving snow (=falling fast)
We walked home through driving snow.
swirling snow (=blowing around as it falls)
It was difficult to see in the swirling snow.
several inches/feet of snow
More than eight inches of snow fell in 48 hours.
a blanket/carpet of snow
Within an hour, Bucharest was buried under a blanket of snow.
flakes of snow (=individual pieces of snow)
A few flakes of snow started to fall.
a flurry of snow/a snow flurry (=when a small amount of snow blows around in the wind)
The day was cold, with a few flurries of snow.
a fall of snow (=an occasion when it snows)
We had our first fall of snow in mid-November.
a drift of snow (=snow blown into a pile by the wind)
Sheep became buried in six-foot drifts of snow.

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snow noun [uncountable] soft white frozen water that falls from the sky:
The ground was covered with deep snow.
Snow began to fall.
snowflakes noun [plural] pieces of snow falling from the sky:
The first snowflakes fluttered down between the trees.
sleet noun [uncountable] a mixture of snow and rain:
The snow turned to sleet and then rain.
slush noun [uncountable] snow on the road that has partly melted and is very wet:
I made my way through the dirty slush.
blizzard noun [countable] a storm with a lot of snow and a strong wind:
We got caught in a blizzard on our way to school.
frost noun [uncountable] white powder that covers the ground when it is cold:
Frost can kill delicate plants.
hail/hailstones noun [U, plural] drops of rain that fall as ice:
Hail bounced on the tiled roof.
He heard a strange sound, like hailstones striking glass.
a white Christmas a Christmas when there is snow:
Do you think there will be a white Christmas this year?

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