NOUN | phenomenon | snow, snowfall | precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals |
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substance | snow | a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground | |
person | Snow, C. P. Snow, Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow of Leicester | English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980) | |
artifact | snow, coke, blow, nose candy, C | street names for cocaine | |
VERB | weather | snow | fall as snow |
communication | snow, bamboozle, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false | conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end |
Sounds | snow' | |
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Rhymes | albino ... Zeno: 63 rhymes with now... |
Meaning | precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals. | |
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Synonym | snowfall | |
Parts | snowflake, flake | A crystal of snow |
Narrower | flurry, snow flurry | A light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that) |
whiteout | An arctic atmospheric condition with clouds over snow produce a uniform whiteness and objects are difficult to see | |
Broader | precipitation, downfall | The falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) |
Spanish | nevada, nevar, nieve | |
Catalan | neu, nevada, nevar | |
Verbs | snow | fall as snow |
Meaning | A layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground. | |
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Narrower | corn snow | granular snow formed by alternate thawing and freezing |
crud | Heavy wet snow that is unsuitable for skiing | |
Broader | layer | A relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another |
Substance of | snowball | snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully) |
Substances | snowflake, flake | A crystal of snow |
Spanish | nieve | |
Catalan | neu | |
Adjectives | snowy | covered with snow |
snowy | marked by the presence of snow | |
Verbs | snow | fall as snow |
Meaning | English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980). | |
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Synonyms | C. P. Snow, Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow of Leicester | |
Instance of | writer, author | Writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) |
Spanish | Charles Percy Snow, C. P. Snow, Snow | |
Catalan | Charles Percy Snow, Snow |
Meaning | street names for cocaine. | |
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Synonyms | coke, blow, nose candy, C | |
Broader | cocaine, cocain | A narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves |
Spanish | blow, caramelo, C, coca, nieve |
Meaning | fall as snow. | |
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Pattern | It is ----ing | |
Model | It was snowing all day long | |
Example | "It was snowing all night" | |
Broader | precipitate, come down, fall | fall from clouds |
Spanish | nevar | |
Catalan | nevar | |
Nouns | snow | precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals |
snow | a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground |
Meaning | conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | bamboozle, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false | |
Broader | deceive, betray, lead astray | Cause someone to believe an untruth |
Spanish | confundir, engañar, tomar el pelo |
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