Snows
//snəʊz// name, noun, verb, slang
name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One or both regions of the Earth where it snows the year round; the Arctic and/or Antarctic. plural, plural-only
"To men legislating for the vast area betwixt the two oceans, betwixt the snows and the tropics, somewhat of the gravity and grandeur of nature will infuse itself into the code."
- 2 plural of snow form-of, plural
"The snows in Alaska are quite different from the snows here."
- 3 Clipping of snow tires. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, plural, plural-only
"You’d better be wearing your snows next week."
- 4 A woman's pale-coloured breasts. dated, plural, plural-only, poetic
Verb
- 1 third-person singular simple present indicative of snow form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Proper Noun
- 1 plural of Snow form-of, plural
Example
More examples"I always wear boots when it rains or snows."
Etymology
From snow + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plurals of nouns; and the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs).
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