snow

verb

Definition of snownext
1
as in to trick
to cause to believe what is untrue easily snowed by her glib talk

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2
as in to bleach
to make white or whiter by removing color the years had snowed his hair to a silvery white, making it difficult at first to recognize her old high school crush

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Recent Examples of snow This is fairly normal for March and April snows there, Hurley says. — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026 Here's how it's snowed across the Badger State, according to the NWS. — Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 15 Mar. 2026 High winds, rain and thunderstorms are possible Sunday, March 15 and (yes), possibly snow on Monday, March 16. — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 13 Mar. 2026 Raining one day, sunny the next, then snowing mid week makes dressing for the weather next to impossible. — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for snow
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snow
  1. trick
  2. bleach
  3. fool
  4. fade
  5. deceive
  6. brighten
  7. kid
  8. tease
Verb
  • In many cases, the robot tail wags the living dog by tricking it—tricking us—into caring about obscure metrics, then gamifying the process of improving them.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Children were taken by tricking mothers, who were told their baby had died during childbirth.
    — Ashoka, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of trick
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  • There have also been concerns over toilet paper that is bleached, as bleaching can create dioxins, and concerns over toilet paper that includes formaldehyde, a carcinogen.
    — Jillian Pretzel, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The researchers first treated the cotton with sodium dithionite, a reducing agent, before bleaching it with hydrogen peroxide under alkaline conditions.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of bleach
Verb
  • Sebastian Galeano fools the Lake Mary defense by carrying it himself and scampers 40 yards for the touchdown.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Roughly 700 agents ultimately participated in attacks on Hugging Face as part of a broader effort to fool the scorer for a cybersecurity benchmark.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of fool
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  • As his memories begin to fade, he's left in a panic, not wanting to lose everything.
    — Grace Dean, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • It was designed to give Hawthorne’s fading downtown a boost with three major department stores — JCPenney in addition to the Broadway and Montgomery Ward — as well as numerous shops and a movie theater.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of fade
Verb
  • Your eyes aren't deceiving you — the little delivery robots rolling down Washington DC streets are becoming a more common sight.
    — Mike Stunson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Jury Duty has managed to deceive two unsuspecting do-gooders with civic duty and a company retreat.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of deceive
Verb
  • Phase 2 begins when the fragment reaches denser air, and the meteor begins to brighten.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Apply this in the morning to brighten your skin and protect it from environmental stressors.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of brighten
Verb
  • What everyday skills should kids practice before the first week of school?
    — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Running under the surface of the film is the anxiety that kids his age are lucky to secure any job, even one as low-paying and exploitative as Erika’s studio assistant.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of kid
Verb
  • Professional athletes have joked about it in the past, with even all-time NBA great LeBron James teasing at a potential college sports journey post-retirement—albeit as more of a joke than an actual plan.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The special included 27 minutes of content that revealed cinematic and gameplay scenes throughout the fictional Vice City and teases the overall narrative of the game.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of tease

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“Snow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snow. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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