Snows

Snow  (sn), C(harles) P(ercy). Baron Snow of Leicester. 1905-1980.

British writer and scientist who is known especially for his 11-volume series Strangers and Brothers (1940-1970).

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snow  (sn)

n.

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:

a. The white specks on a television screen resulting from weak reception.

b. Slang Cocaine.

c. Slang Heroin.

v. snowed, snow·ing, snows

v.intr.

To fall as or in snow.

v.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.

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[Middle English, from Old English snw; see sneig^wh- in Indo-European roots.]

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Snows of paper: piles of paper, 1728.