snow
verb
snowed; snowing; snows
: to fall in or as snow
1
: to cause to fall like or as snow
2
a
: to cover, shut in, or imprison with or as if with snow
b
: to deceive, persuade, or charm glibly
3
: to whiten like snow
Examples of snow in a Sentence
easily snowed by her glib talk
the years had snowed his hair to a silvery white, making it difficult at first to recognize her old high school crush
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There are songs for each segment, which include Goofy cleaning up, a dark turn with Daisy in a power outage and snowed-in Pluto.
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Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2026
The food is rustic and cosmopolitan at once — bright, monumental salads, whole carrots and leeks baptized by fire, skeins of pasta, and Parmigiano snowing down — but the secret is the seeming effortlessness.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
The insulation from the ceiling snowed down onto virtually every part of the building — exhibits, artifacts, galleries and display cases.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
The season will be set in November, so maybe there’s a surprise snowstorm and everyone gets snowed in.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
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Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2026
The food is rustic and cosmopolitan at once — bright, monumental salads, whole carrots and leeks baptized by fire, skeins of pasta, and Parmigiano snowing down — but the secret is the seeming effortlessness.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
The insulation from the ceiling snowed down onto virtually every part of the building — exhibits, artifacts, galleries and display cases.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
The season will be set in November, so maybe there’s a surprise snowstorm and everyone gets snowed in.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Snow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snow. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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snow
1 of 2 noun
1
a
: small white ice crystals formed directly from the water vapor of the air
b
: a fall of snow crystals : a mass of snow crystals that have fallen to earth
2
: something resembling snow: as
a
: a dessert made of stiffly beaten egg whites, sugar, and fruit
pineapple snow
b
slang
: cocaine
snow
2 of 2 verb1
: to fall or cause to fall in or as snow
it had been snowing all day
2
: to cover, shut in, or imprison with or as if with snow
we were snowed in for two days
the desk was snowed under by papers
3
: to deceive, persuade, or charm with insincere or flattering talk
couldn't snow her with his compliments
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