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• sleet — slɪːt n. partly frozen rain, mixture of snow and rain v. fall in the form of freezing rain, fall as sleet …   English contemporary dictionary

• 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 — /slit / (say sleet) noun 1. snow or hail and rain falling together. 2. Chiefly US the frozen coating on trees, wires, and other bodies that sometimes forms when rain or sleet falls at a low temperature. 3. frozen or partly frozen rain. –verb (i)… …  

• sleet — [[t]slit[/t]] n. 1) mer precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (disting. from hail II, 1)). 2) mer to send down sleet 3) to fall as or like sleet • Etymology: 1250–1300; (n.) ME slete; akin to MLG… …   From formal English to slang

• fall — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. plunge, drop, sink, tumble, topple; perish; be deposed, come to grief; happen, occur, take place; sin, misbehave, lapse. n. slope, declivity; downfall, defeat, comedown; drop, slump; plunge, tumble …   English dictionary for students

• rain|fall — «RAYN FL», noun. 1. a shower of rain: »The existence of both crystals and droplets within one cloud will always greatly facilitate rainfall (Eric Kraus). 2. the amount of water in the form of rain, sleet, or snow that falls within a given time… …   Useful english dictionary

• shower — I. noun Etymology: Middle English shour, from Old English scūr; akin to Old High German scūr shower, storm, Latin caurus northwest wind Date: before 12th century 1. a. a fall of rain of short duration b. a similar fall of sleet, hail, or snow 2.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sleeted — slɪːt n. partly frozen rain, mixture of snow and rain v. fall in the form of freezing rain, fall as sleet …   English contemporary dictionary

• sleeting — slɪːt n. partly frozen rain, mixture of snow and rain v. fall in the form of freezing rain, fall as sleet …   English contemporary dictionary

• sleets — slɪːt n. partly frozen rain, mixture of snow and rain v. fall in the form of freezing rain, fall as sleet …   English contemporary dictionary

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