Definition of "snow"

snow¹

/snəʊ/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural snows
1. (uncountable) The frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation.
  Quotations
  The wind had dropped, and the snow, tired of rushing around in circles trying to catch itself up, now fluttered gently down until it found a place on which to rest.
  1928, A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner
  TRUE FACT: On June 8, 1995, Glacier National Park was closed because of too much snow.
  2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?‎, New York: Hyperion Books, page 261
2. (uncountable) Any similar frozen form of a gas or liquid.
  Quotations
  Clad in a coldsuit Jael trudged through a thin layer of CO2 snow ...
  2008, Neal Asher, Alien Archaeology
3. (countable) A snowfall; a blanket of frozen, crystalline water.
4. (uncountable) A shade of the color white.
5. (uncountable) The moving pattern of random dots displayed on a television, etc., when no transmission signal is being received.
6. (uncountable, slang) Cocaine.
  Quotations
  Besides, if it wasn't poison, it might be 'snow' or something.
  1930, Dorothy L. Sayers, Strong Poison
7. Marine snow
  Quotations
  Lower down, in the 95 percent of the ocean where light does not penetrate, many living things feed on 'marine snow', the steady drizzle of particles of dead matter, whitish in colour, gradually sinking from the euphotic zone above. Other animals then feed on the 'snow' eaters.
  2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 286
8. (informal, in the plural) Snow tires.
  Quotations
  74 VW dyke mobile, 75K miles. Immac in/out & great to drive. No rust! Includes roofrack, snows, manual.
  1984 April 7, “Classified advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 15
verb
third-person singular simple present snows, present participle snowing, simple past and past participle snowed
1. (impersonal) To have snow fall from the sky.
2. (colloquial) To hoodwink someone, especially by presenting confusing information.
  Quotations
  Having passed them in review, I concluded that the best thing would be to try to snow him a little, so I said that I had heard many marvelous reports about the Wariri.
  1958, Saul Bellow, Henderson the Rain King
3. (poker) To bluff in draw poker by refusing to draw any cards.

snow²

noun
plural snows
1. (nautical, historical) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel, trysail-mast stepped immediately abaft the main mast.
  Quotations
  A Snow of 120 Tons, and 48 Men, […] Mounting 12 Carriage Guns, besides Swivels.
  1763, Sir Stephen Janssen, 4th Baronet, Smuggling Laid Open

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