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Antonyms for snow under

Grammar : Verb
Spell : snoh
Phonetic Transcription : snoÊŠ

Definition of snow under

Origin :
  • Old English snaw "snow, that which falls as snow; a fall of snow; a snowstorm," from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz (cf. Old Saxon and Old High German sneo, Old Frisian and Middle Low German sne, Middle Dutch snee, Dutch sneeuw, German Schnee, Old Norse snjor, Gothic snaiws "snow"), from PIE root *sniegwh- "snow; to snow" (cf. Greek nipha, Latin nix (genitive nivis), Old Irish snechta, Irish sneachd, Welsh nyf, Lithuanian sniegas, Old Prussian snaygis, Old Church Slavonic snegu, Russian snieg', Slovak sneh "snow"). The cognate in Sanskrit, snihyati, came to mean "he gets wet." As slang for "cocaine" it is attested from 1914.
  • As in quash : verb destroy, defeat
  • As in burden : verb encumber, strain
  • As in lade : verb charge
  • As in deluge : verb overwhelm
Example sentences :
  • He stamped them into the snow under him in the wallowing struggle.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • The snow under the feet cried out with a note like glass and steel.
  • Extract from : « Wayside Courtships » by Hamlin Garland
  • The snow under their feet cried out with a note like glass and steel.
  • Extract from : « Other Main-Travelled Roads » by Hamlin Garland
  • Instantly the crowd melted away like snow under a blast of fire.
  • Extract from : « Shapes that Haunt the Dusk » by Various
  • He stepped on clouds, violet and gold and white and soft as snow under his feet.
  • Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea
  • The chill faded from Pryak's expression like snow under a hot sun.
  • Extract from : « Warrior of the Dawn » by Howard Carleton Browne
  • "On the bare ground—on the snow—under the clear sky," they replied.
  • Extract from : « Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War » by Mr Jkai
  • He felt the chill of the snow under his knees, and its wetness in his cuffs.
  • Extract from : « Seven Keys to Baldpate » by Earl Derr Biggers
  • Though the sun was shining, the snow under their feet was hard with frost.
  • Extract from : « The Duke's Children » by Anthony Trollope
  • The very music of the snow under their feet had given them warning.
  • Extract from : « Old Indian Days » by [AKA Ohiyesa], Charles A. Eastman

Synonyms for snow under

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