snow

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(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.

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(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A snowstorm]

Syn. blizzard, snowfall, snow flurry; see storm 1 .

2. [Frozen vapor]

Syn. snow crystal, snowflake, slush, sleet, snowdrift, snowbank, snow blanket, powder snow, snow pack, snowfall, fall of snow, snow field.

3. [*A drug]

Syn. opium, cocaine, coke*, heroin; see drug 2 .

v.

1. [To fall or let fall as snow]

Syn. storm, whiten, blanket, spit snow, blizzard, cover, pelt, shower, sleet.

2. [*To mislead]

Syn. overawe, beguile, bamboozle*, to pull the wool over someone's eyes*; see mislead .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

1. precipitation flurry, flurries, hydro-meteors, snowflakes, sleet, hail, blizzard, drift, slush.

WORD FIND

• bump or mound of snow on ski trail: mogul

• collapse on mountain: avalanche

• glacial snow: névé

• granules, old, refrozen: corn snow

• house of: igloo

• old, compacted snow: firn, crust

• pellets of: graupel

• shelf of snow that collapses and triggers avalanche: cornice

• zero visibility due to blizzard: whiteout

2. Sl. *coke, *blow, heroin. see cocaine

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v.

1. precipitate flurry, blizzard, storm, sleet, hail, blow.

2. Sl. deceive *buffalo, *bamboozle, mislead, *sell a bill of goods, *fast talk, *pull the wool over one's eyes.