snow noun
ADJ. heavy, thick | fine, light The plants were covered in fine snow. | deep | damp, wet | compacted, crisp, frozen, hard, packed The crisp snow crunched as we walked through it. The frozen snow was treacherous to walk on. | powder/powdery, soft | drifting, driving, falling, swirling They struggled on through the driving snow. | melted, melting | fresh, new, newly fallen | first the first snow of winter | spring, winter | artificial They had to use artificial snow at the Winter Olympics. | dirty
QUANT. flake | fall, flurry | patch | blanket, carpet | inch Three inches of snow fell had fallen.
VERB + SNOW be covered in The car was completely covered in snow. | clear, shovel, sweep She cleared the snow from the path.
SNOW + VERB cover sth, lie, pile (up), settle Snow covered everything from horizon to horizon. Snow had piled up against the walls of the cottage. It was too warm for the snow to settle. | drift, drive, fall, swirl | melt, thaw
SNOW + NOUN conditions, flurry, storm (also snowstorm) | plough (also snowplough) | blindness
PREP. across ~ They travelled across the snow in a sleigh. | in/into ~ The children are playing in the snow. | through ~ We struggled through the deep snow back to the chalet. | under ~ The steps were buried under the snow.
snow verb
ADV. hard, heavily It had been snowing heavily all night. | lightly
PHRASES start/stop snowing It started snowing just as we were setting out.
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