flurries of snow

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• snow — snow1 W3S3 [snəu US snou] n [: Old English; Origin: snaw] 1.) [U] soft white pieces of frozen water that fall from the sky in cold weather and cover the ground →↑sleet ▪ Snow was falling heavily as we entered the village. ▪ I could see footprints …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• snow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. snowfall, snowflake, flurry; snowstorm, blizzard; snowslide, drift, avalanche; hail, sleet. v. snow in or under; swamp, flood, inundate; slang, impress, flatter, do a snow job on. See cold, flattery.… …   English dictionary for students

• snow — A type of water vapor that changes directly into crystals of ice flakes when frozen in the upper air. It is called snow flurries if the snow showers for a brief period and the snow is very light. It is called snow grains if the snow falls as… …   Aviation dictionary

• snow — n 1. snowfall, blanket of snow; blizzard, snowstorm, snow squall; flurry, snow flurries. 2.Slang.a. cocaine, Sl. coke, Sl. C, Sl. blow, Brit. Sl. charlie.b. heroin, Sl. H, Sl. horse, Sl. smack, Sl. scag, Sl. junk. v 3.Slang.a. amaze, astonish,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Flurries — Flurry Flur ry, n.; pl. {Flurries}. [Prov. E. flur to ruffle.] 1. A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze; as, a flurry of wind. [1913 Webster] 2. A light shower or snowfall accompanied with wind. [1913 Webster] Like a flurry… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• snow flurry — noun a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that) he had to close the window against the flurries there was a flurry of chicken feathers • Syn: ↑flurry • Hypernyms: ↑snow, ↑snowfall …   Useful english dictionary

• List of snow events in Florida — DateFormat=yyyyImageSize=width:350 height:auto barincrement:35Period = from:0 till:20TimeAxis = orientation:horizontalPlotArea = right:10 left:5 bottom:50 top:5Colors= id:cat5red value:rgb(1,0.2,0.2) id:minorline value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.9) id:line… …   Wikipedia

• Lake-effect snow — Lake Effect redirects here. For the American literary journal, see Lake Effect (journal). Lake effect precipitation coming off Lake Erie and into Western New York, as seen by NEXRAD radar, October 12–13, 2006 …   Wikipedia

• Types of snow — Hoar frost that grows on the snow surface due to water vapor moving up through the snow on cold, clear nights Types of snow can be designated by the shape of its flakes, description of how it is falling, and by how it collects on the ground. A… …   Wikipedia

• Eskimo words for snow — It is a popular urban legend that the Inuit or Eskimo have an unusually large number of words for snow.In reality, the number of words depends on the definitions of Eskimo (there are a number of languages) and snow , and on the method of counting …   Wikipedia

• flurry — UK [ˈflʌrɪ] / US [ˈflɜrɪ] noun [countable] Word forms flurry : singular flurry plural flurries 1) a) [usually singular] a short period of activity or emotion There was a flurry of activity outside the university. b) a series of things that happen …   English dictionary