sleet

(slēt)

1. Precipitation consisting of small ice pellets formed by the freezing of raindrops or of melted snowflakes.

2. A mixture of rain and snow or hail.

3. A thin icy coating that forms when rain or sleet freezes, as on trees or streets.

intr.v. sleet·ed, sleet·ing, sleets

To shower sleet.

[Middle English slete, probably from Old English *slēte; akin to German Schlosse, hail.]

sleet′y adj.

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sleet

(sliːt)

1. (Physical Geography) partly melted falling snow or hail or (esp US) partly frozen rain

2. (Physical Geography) chiefly US the thin coat of ice that forms when sleet or rain freezes on cold surfaces

(Physical Geography) (intr) to fall as sleet

[C13: from Germanic; compare Middle Low German slōten hail, Middle High German slōze, German Schlossen hailstones]

ˈsleety adj

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sleet

(slit)

n.

1. precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (disting. from hail).

v.i.

2. to send down sleet.

3. to fall as or like sleet.

[1250–1300; (n.) Middle English slete; akin to Middle Low German slote, Old High German slōze hail]

sleet′y, adj.

sleet

(slēt)

Water that falls to earth in the form of frozen or partially frozen raindrops.

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sleet

Past participle: sleeted
Gerund: sleeting

Imperative
sleet
sleet

Present
it sleets

Preterite
it sleeted

Present Continuous
it is sleeting

Present Perfect
it has sleeted

Past Continuous
it was sleeting

Past Perfect
it had sleeted

Future
it will sleet

Future Perfect
it will have sleeted

Future Continuous
it will be sleeting

Present Perfect Continuous
it has been sleeting

Future Perfect Continuous
it will have been sleeting

Past Perfect Continuous
it had been sleeting

Conditional
it would sleet

Past Conditional
it would have sleeted

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	sleet - partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow) downfall, precipitation - the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
Verb	1.	sleet - precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow; "If the temperature rises above freezing, it will probably sleet" come down, precipitate, fall - fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"

Translations

تُمْطِرُ خليطا من المَطَر والبَرَدتَـمْطُرُ مَطّراً مُتَجَمِّداًشَفشاف: خليط من المَطَر والبَرَدمَطَرٌ مُتَجَمِّد

déšť se sněhem/s kroupamipadat déšť se sněhempadat mrznoucí déšťplískanice

sludsne og regnefalde slud

Graupel graupeln Schneeregen

ρίχνει χιονόνερο χιονόνερο

aguanieve caer aguanieve

räntäsataa räntää

grésil grésiller

padati (susnježica)susnježica

ólmos esőólmos eső esik

ganga á meî slydduslydda

nevischio nevischiare

みぞれみぞれが降る

진눈깨비진눈깨비가 내리다

kristi šlapdribaišlapdriba

līt lietum ar krusu/snieguslapjdraņķis

natte sneeuw sneeuwen, hagelen en regenen tegelijk

sludd sludde

deszcz ze śniegiem paść deszcz ze śniegiem

chover granizo chuva com neve ou granizo

дождь со снегом идти (о дожде со снегом)крупа

dážď so snehom/s krúpamipadá dážď so snehom/s krúpami

dež s snegom

det är snöblandat regnsnöslask

ตกเป็นลูกเห็บฝนที่ปนหิมะตกลงปกคลุมพื้นดินหรือต้นไม้

sulu sepken yağmak sulu karsulu sepken

mưa tuyết

下冻雨下雨夹雪或雹子冻雨雨夹雪或雹子

sleet

[sliːt]

A. N → aguanieve f, cellisca f

B. VI it was sleeting → caía aguanieve or cellisca

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sleet

[ˈsliːt] n → neige f fondue
it's sleeting → il tombe de la neige fondue

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sleet

n → Schneeregen m

vi it was sleeting → es gab Schneeregen

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sleet

[sliːt]

1. n → nevischio

2. vi it was sleeting → nevischiava

sleet

(sliːt) noun

rain mixed with snow or hail. That isn't snow – it's just sleet.

verb

to hail or snow, with a mixture of rain. It seems to be sleeting outside.

sleet

→ تَـمْطُرُ مَطّراً مُتَجَمِّداً, مَطَرٌ مُتَجَمِّد padat déšť se sněhem, plískanice slud, sne og regne graupeln, Schneeregen ρίχνει χιονόνερο, χιονόνερο aguanieve, caer aguanieve räntä, sataa räntää grésil, grésiller padati (susnježica), susnježica nevischiare, nevischio みぞれ, みぞれが降る 진눈깨비, 진눈깨비가 내리다 natte sneeuw, sneeuwen, hagelen en regenen tegelijk sludd, sludde deszcz ze śniegiem, paść deszcz ze śniegiem chover granizo, chuva com neve ou granizo дождь со снегом, идти (о дожде со снегом) det är snöblandat regn, snöslask ตกเป็นลูกเห็บ, ฝนที่ปนหิมะตกลงปกคลุมพื้นดินหรือต้นไม้ sulu kar, sulu sepken yağmak mưa tuyết 下冻雨, 冻雨

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From all quarters come complaints of the unusual prevalence of sleet at the higher levels.

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The sky had changed from clear, sunny cold, to driving sleet and mist.

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You behold another phase of his passion, a fury bejewelled with stars, mayhap bearing the crescent of the moon on its brow, shaking the last vestiges of its torn cloud-mantle in inky-black squalls, with hail and sleet descending like showers of crystals and pearls, bounding off the spars, drumming on the sails, pattering on the oilskin coats, whitening the decks of homeward-bound ships.

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But a wet snow, melting to sleet, had fallen in the night and turned the roads to glass.

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A furious gale stormed across the country, scourging it with desolating drifts of sleet. Great trees were torn from the earth and hurled across the roads.

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Ah, what a night of sorrow it was, and what a time of gloom, rain, and sleet! Next, I was returning home, but found myself unable to stand upon my feet.

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The atmosphere, likewise, in this climate, where gale succeeds gale, with rain, hail, and sleet, seems blacker than anywhere else.

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There was snow, or sleet, or rain almost every day for weeks, changing only for keen driving winds or sharp frosts.

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A bitter sleet came rattling against us here on the east wind, and Joe took me on his back.

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Sometimes the crags and promontories forced them upon the narrow riband of ice that bordered the shore; sometimes they had to scramble over vast masses of rock which had tumbled from the impending precipices; sometimes they had to cross the stream upon the hazardous bridges of ice and snow, sinking to the knee at every step; sometimes they had to scale slippery acclivities, and to pass along narrow cornices, glazed with ice and sleet, a shouldering wall of rock on one side, a yawning precipice on the other, where a single false step would have been fatal.

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The weather for a few days past had been stormy, with rain and sleet. The Rocky Mountains are subject to tempestuous winds from the west; these sometimes come in flaws or currents, making a path through the forests many yards in width, and whirling off trunks and branches to a great distance.

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Now is dry, now is wet, Now is snow, now is sleet, When my shoon freeze to my feet,

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