driven snow

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• driven snow — /drɪvən ˈsnoʊ/ (say drivuhn snow) noun snow which has piled up, usually under the force of the wind …  

• pure as the driven snow — phrase completely pure, often used for suggesting the opposite I hardly think she was as pure as the driven snow. Thesaurus: morally good or correctsynonym Main entry: pure …   Useful english dictionary

• as pure as the driven snow — Meaning Origin Shakespearian, although it doesn t appear in that form in any of his writing. Shakespeare used snow as a symbol for purity and whiteness in several plays. In The Winter s Tale Autolycus: Lawn as white as driven snow. In Macbeth… …   Meaning and origin of phrases

• be as pure as the driven snow — to be morally good. How dare he criticize me for having an affair? He s not exactly as pure as the driven snow himself …   New idioms dictionary

• pure as the driven snow — completely pure, often used for suggesting the opposite I hardly think she was as pure as the driven snow …   English dictionary

• as clean as the driven snow — as clean, pure, etc. as the driven ˈsnow f9 idiom extremely clean, pure, etc. Main entry: ↑snowidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• as pure as the driven snow — as clean, pure, etc. as the driven ˈsnow f9 idiom extremely clean, pure, etc. Main entry: ↑snowidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• driven — [driv′ən] vt., vi. pp. of DRIVE adj. 1. moved along and piled up by the wind [driven snow] 2. having or caused to act or function by a sense of urgency or compulsion [a driven person] …   English World dictionary

• as pure as driven snow — innocent, pure and clean as is freshly fallen snow …   English contemporary dictionary

• as white as driven snow — very white; innocent, pure and clean as is freshly fallen snow …   English contemporary dictionary

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