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snow·y

(snō′ē)

adj. snow·i·er, snow·i·est

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" white 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" snow-clad, snow-covered 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 snow-white achromatic, neutral - having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white"

snowy

adjective snow-covered, frosty, wintry, ice-capped the snowy peaks

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Translations

أبْيَض كالثَّلْجمُثْلِج

sněhobílýsněžný

med meget snesnehvid

schneeig schneeweiß verschneit

nevado

neigeux

havas

sem minnir á snjó; snjóhvítursnjó-

nevoso niveo

snøhvit snøtung

снежный

snežný

snežen

kar beyazıkar yağışlıkarlı

多雪的雪白的

snowy

[ˈsnəʊɪ] ADJ (snowier (compar) (snowiest (superl)))

1. (Met) [climate, region] → de mucha nieve; [day etc] → de nieve; [countryside etc] → cubierto de nieve
snowy season → estación f de las nieves
it was very snowy yesterday → ayer nevó mucho, ayer cayó mucha nieve

2. (= white as snow) → blanco como la nieve

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snowy

[ˈsnəʊi] adj

[weather, day] → neigeux/euse
a cold snowy day → une journée froide et neigeuse

(= covered with snow) [mountain, field] → enneigé(e)

(= white) [hair, beard] → neigeux/euse

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snowy

adj (+er)

weather, region → schneereich; hills → verschneit; it was very snowy yesterday → gestern hat es viel geschneit

(= white as snow) → schneeweiß

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snowy

[ˈsnəʊɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (climate, region, day) → nevoso/a; (hills, roof) → innevato/a; (white as snow) → candido/a, niveo/a
it's been very snowy recently → ha nevicato parecchio, ultimamente

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 adjective

1. 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 noun

1. 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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