snowy
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snow·y
(snō′ē)adj. snow·i·er, snow·i·est
1.
a. Abounding in or covered with snow: a snowy day.
b. Subject to snow: a snowy climate.
2. Resembling or suggesting snow, especially in whiteness: snowy linens.
snow′i·ly adv.
snow′i·ness n.
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snowy
(ˈsnəʊɪ)adj, snowier or snowiest
1. covered with or abounding in snow: snowy hills.
2. characterized by snow: snowy weather.
3. resembling snow in whiteness, purity, etc
ˈsnowily adv
ˈsnowiness n
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snow•y
(ˈsnoʊ i)adj. snow•i•er, snow•i•est.
1. abounding in or covered with snow: snowy fields.
2. characterized by snow, as the weather.
3. of or resembling snow.
4. of the color of snow; snow-white.
5. immaculate; unsullied.
[before 1000]
snow′i•ly, adv.
snow′i•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | snowy - marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter" covered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony" |
| 2. | snowy - covered with snow; "snow-clad hills"; "snow-covered roads"; "a long snowy winter" covered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony" | |
| 3. | snowy - of the white color of snow achromatic, neutral - having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white" |
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snowy
adjective snow-covered, frosty, wintry, ice-capped the snowy peaks
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Translations
أبْيَض كالثَّلْجمُثْلِج
sněhobílýsněžný
med meget snesnehvid
havas
sem minnir á snjó; snjóhvítursnjó-
snežný
snežen
kar beyazıkar yağışlıkarlı
snowy
[ˈsnəʊɪ] ADJ (snowier (compar) (snowiest (superl)))Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
snowy
[ˈsnəʊi] adj (= covered with snow) [mountain, field] → enneigé(e)
(= white) [hair, beard] → neigeux/euse
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
snowy
adj (+er)
weather, region → schneereich; hills → verschneit; it was very snowy yesterday → gestern hat es viel geschneit
(= white as snow) → schneeweiß
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
snowy
[ˈsnəʊɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (climate, region, day) → nevoso/a; (hills, roof) → innevato/a; (white as snow) → candido/a, niveo/ait's been very snowy recently → ha nevicato parecchio, ultimamente
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
snow
(snəu) noun frozen water vapour that falls to the ground in soft white flakes. We woke up to find snow on the ground; We were caught in a heavy snow-shower; About 15 centimetres of snow had fallen overnight.
verb to shower down in, or like, flakes of snow. It's snowing heavily.
ˈsnowy adjective1. full of, or producing a lot of, snow. The weather has been very snowy recently.
2. white like snow. the old man's snowy (white) hair.
ˈsnowball noun a ball of snow pressed hard together, especially made by children for throwing, as a game.
ˈsnowboard noun a board on which a person can stand and glide over snow for sport.
ˈsnow-capped adjective (of mountains etc) having tops which are covered with snow. snow-capped peaks.
ˈsnowdrift noun a bank of snow blown together by the wind. There were deep snowdrifts at the side of the road.
ˈsnowfall noun1. a fall or shower of snow that settles on the ground. There was a heavy snowfall last night.
2. the amount of snow that falls in a certain place. The snowfall last year was much higher than average.
ˈsnowflake noun one of the soft, light flakes composed of groups of crystals, in which snow falls. A few large snowflakes began to fall from the sky.
ˈsnowstorm noun a heavy fall of snow especially accompanied by a strong wind.
ˌsnow-ˈwhite adjective white like snow.
snowed under overwhelmed eg with a great deal of work. Last week I was absolutely snowed under with work.
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