English Dictionary
◊ SNOW
snow
n 1: precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice
crystals [syn: {snowfall}]
2: a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water)
covering the ground
3: a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a
surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become
addictive [syn: {cocaine}, {cocain}, {coke}, {C}]
v 1: fall as snow; "It was snowing all night"
2: conceal one's true motives from esp. by elaborately
feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He
bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the
subject well" [syn: {bamboozle}, {hoodwink}, {lead by the
nose}, {play false}]