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  • sleet — /sleet/, n. 1. precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail). 2. glaze (def. 17). 3. Chiefly Brit. a mixture of rain and snow. v.i. 4. to send down sleet. 5. to fall as or like… …   Universalium

  • sleet|y — «SLEE tee», adjective, sleet|i|er, sleet|i|est. 1. of or like sleet: »sleety showers. 2. characterized by sleet: »a dismal and sleety morning. The weather was cold, w …   Useful english dictionary

  • Sleet — Sleet, n. [OE. sleet; akin to MHG. sl?z, sl?ze hailstone, G. schlosse; of uncertain origin.] Hail or snow, mingled with rain, usually falling, or driven by the wind, in fine particles. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sleet — [sli:t] n [U] half frozen rain that falls when it is very cold ▪ scattered sleet and snow showers >sleet v ▪ It was sleeting so hard we could barely see for 30 yards. >sleety[i] adj …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • sleet — ► NOUN 1) rain containing some ice, or snow melting as it falls. 2) US a thin coating of ice formed by sleet or rain freezing on coming into contact with a cold surface. ► VERB (it sleets, it is sleeting, etc.) ▪ sleet falls. DERIVATIVES sleety …   English terms dictionary

  • Sleet — Sleet, n. (Gun.) The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sleet — Sleet, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sleeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sleeting}.] To snow or hail with a mixture of rain. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sleet Cone — is a cinder cone in northern British Columbia, Canada. It lies in the Desolation Lava Field and is thought to have last erupted in the Holocene period and is part of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex. [… …   Wikipedia

  • sleet — (n.) c.1300, slete, either from an unrecorded Old English word or via M.H.G. sloz, M.L.G. sloten (pl.) hail, from P.Gmc. *slautjan (Cf. dial. Norw. slutr, Dan. slud, Swed. sloud sleet ), from root *slaut . The verb is attested from early 14c.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • sleet — [slēt] n. [ME slete < OE * sliete, akin to Ger schlosse, hail < IE base * (s)leu , loose, lax > SLUR, SLUG1] 1. partly frozen rain, or rain that freezes as it falls 2. transparent or translucent precipitation in the form of pellets of… …   English World dictionary

  • Sleet — may refer to:*A mixture of snow and rain (particularly in countries where British English is spoken) *Ice pellets (mainly within the United States and Canada) …   Wikipedia

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