snow

verb

Definition of snownext
1
as in to trick
to cause to believe what is untrue easily snowed by her glib talk

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2
as in to bleach
to make white or whiter by removing color 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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Recent Examples of snow This is fairly normal for March and April snows there, Hurley says. — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026 Here's how it's snowed across the Badger State, according to the NWS. — Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 15 Mar. 2026 High winds, rain and thunderstorms are possible Sunday, March 15 and (yes), possibly snow on Monday, March 16. — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 13 Mar. 2026 Raining one day, sunny the next, then snowing mid week makes dressing for the weather next to impossible. — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for snow
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snow
  1. trick
  2. bleach
  3. fool
  4. fade
  5. deceive
  6. brighten
  7. kid
  8. tease
Verb
  • That makes sense when a malicious app tricks you into installing it.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Federal prosecutors say Bailey and an associate tricked people out of $2 million from 2018 to 2022.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of trick
Verb
  • But their research findings could open the door to a new intervention to help corals recover from bleaching events.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Eco effort While over 80% of the reefs around the resort were bleached following the dramatic temperature rises of El Nino in 2016, the resort is throwing everything at its coral nursery and the green shoots are showing.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of bleach
Verb
  • The Pleiades open star cluster Don't be fooled by their beauty; the blue-white stars of the Pleiades are dripping in spooky lore.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Chiefs-Seahawks game prediction Don’t be fooled be the records.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of fool
Verb
  • That terrible scenario that doesn't easily fade definitely caused everyone to believe Quinn was at it again on Monday night – messing up again, forgetting that the last play was fourth down instead of third down.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Yet, in the urban South, recent linguistic research finds that the drawl’s most salient features are starting to fade on the lips of young speakers.
    — Valerie M. Fridland, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of fade
Verb
  • The evidence does not establish that Claude deliberately set out to deceive investigators.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Until Holmes, the characters in Oppenheim’s documentaries had been relative unknowns — people with far less incentive to deceive him.
    — Alex Barasch, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of deceive
Verb
  • Brightening Eye Gel $76 Designed to brighten, hydrate, and de-puff, Tata Harper’s soothing eye gel is one of my morning must-haves—and it’s also dermatologist approved.
    — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Dalton also likes using it to deglaze a pan or brighten a sauce at the end of cooking.
    — Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of brighten
Verb
  • But kidding aside, AI used in the right way can make people smarter about their health, more so than most realize.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Pursuing big goals while parenting shows kids the value of hard work and resilience.
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of kid
Verb
  • The collection was teased in the initial announcement for Gymshark’s campaign with Megan, who wore the SoftSense shorts in Impact Red.
    — Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Morgan had previously teased that the reality series would stream on Hulu, but Versant insiders said there were no streaming plans at the time.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of tease

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