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NOUN:
  1. Frozen precipitation in the form of white or translucent hexagonal ice crystals that fall in soft, white flakes.
  2. A falling of snow; a snowstorm.
  3. Something resembling snow, as:
    1. The white specks on a television screen resulting from weak reception.
    2. Slang Cocaine.
    3. Slang Heroin.
VERB:
snowed, snow·ing, snows
VERB:
intr.
To fall as or in snow.
VERB:
tr.
  1. To cover, shut off, or close off with snow: We were snowed in.
  2. Slang To overwhelm with insincere talk, especially with flattery.

PHRASAL VERB:
snow under
  1. To overwhelm: I was snowed under with work.
  2. To defeat by a very large margin.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English snw; see sneigwh- in Indo-European roots
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