Snowed Snow Snowing Verb Bre Snəʊ Snoʊ Heavily

• it's been snowing heavily all day.
• it snowed for three days without stopping.
• he really snowed me with all his talk of buying a porsche.
• it looked to be snowing outside.

snow

1. when it snows, snow falls from the sky
• It's been snowing heavily all day.
• It snowed for three days without stopping.
2. to impress somebody a lot by the things you say, especially if these are not true or not sincere
• He really snowed me with all his talk of buying a Porsche.
3. to be unable to leave a place because of heavy snow
• We were snowed in for two days.
4. to have more things, especially work, than you feel able to deal with
• I'd love to come but I'm completely snowed under at the moment.
5. to be blocked with snow

Extra Examples

• It looked to be snowing outside.
• It started snowing just as we were setting out.
• We woke up to find that it had snowed overnight.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they snow
• he / she / it snows
• past simple snowed
• past participle snowed
• -ing form snowing

Word Origin

• Old English snāw, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch sneeuw and German Schnee, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin nix, niv- and Greek nipha.