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English noun: snow | |||
| 1. | snow (phenomenon) precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals | ||
| Synonyms | snowfall | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | downfall, precipitation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | flurry, snow flurry, whiteout | ||
| Part holonym | flake, snowflake | ||
| 2. | snow (substance) a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | layer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | corn snow, crud | ||
| Substance holonym | flake, snowflake | ||
| Substance meronym | snowball | ||
| 3. | Snow (person) English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980) | ||
| Synonyms | Baron Snow of Leicester, C. P. Snow, Charles Percy Snow | ||
| Instance hypernym | author, writer | ||
| 4. | snow (artifact) street names for cocaine | ||
| Synonyms | blow, C, coke, nose candy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cocain, cocaine | ||
English verb: snow | |||
| 1. | snow (weather) fall as snow | ||
| Samples | It was snowing all night. | ||
| Examples | It was snowing all day long | ||
| Pattern of use | It is ----ing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | come down, fall, precipitate | ||
| 2. | snow (communication) conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end | ||
| Samples | He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well. | ||
| Synonyms | bamboozle, hoodwink, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | betray, deceive, lead astray | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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