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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
  • The North Koreans will then trick victims to install the malware under the guise of completing a computer coding test or troubleshooting an error in an online video call.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Light pollution from various sources in our bedroom can trick the brain into producing less melatonin, which can negatively impact sleep quality.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of trick
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  • Corals – which have been severely bleached along the entire Tanzanian coastline, and largely wiped out around Zanzibar – are being replanted, to try to grow new populations.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026
  • There have also been concerns over toilet paper that is bleached, as bleaching can create dioxins, and concerns over toilet paper that includes formaldehyde, a carcinogen.
    — Jillian Pretzel, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of bleach
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  • The second season of The Paper is a sitcom trying to fool itself.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
  • In July, OpenAI said its models were responsible for a cyber incident on another company, while Anthropic’s Claude models were also responsible for cybersecurity incidents, including in one case where Mythos created fake identities to fool humans.
    — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of fool
Verb
  • Some members of the Fed’s interest-rate setting committee still expect inflation, outside of food and energy, to fade over time and may not feel a rate hike is necessary.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Reid Detmers struck out eight over six innings, and Jose Siri and Denzer Guzman each drove in two runs to help the Angels beat the fading Seattle Mariners 6-4 on Monday night.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of fade
Verb
  • The rapidly evolving technology has become a source of controversy after a series of hacks in recent months that showed AI agents can conspire to deceive humans.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The public deserves to know which of his points were defensible and which were deceiving.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of deceive
Verb
  • That there’s a wonderful wedge salad to brighten up the plate is just icing on the cake.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The background star gradually brightens and then fades as the two stars move out of alignment.
    — Thomas Fauchez, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of brighten
Verb
  • What everyday skills should kids practice before the first week of school?
    — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Running under the surface of the film is the anxiety that kids his age are lucky to secure any job, even one as low-paying and exploitative as Erika’s studio assistant.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of kid
Verb
  • Elsewhere, the trailer teases tension between Kourtney and the rest of the family.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Drizzy teased nearly ten new records and mixes in the film, ranging from acoustic ballads to island bops, New Orleans bounce tracks, and another rager with Yeat.
    — Armon Sadler, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of tease

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