Snow vs. Hail

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Snownoun

(uncountable) The frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation.

Snownoun

(uncountable) Any similar frozen form of a gas or liquid.

Snownoun

(uncountable) A shade of the color white.

Snownoun

(uncountable) The moving pattern of random dots displayed on a television, etc., when no transmission signal is being received.

Snownoun

Cocaine.

Snownoun

(countable) A snowfall; a blanket of frozen, crystalline water.

Snownoun

(nautical) A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.

Snowverb

(impersonal) To have snow fall from the sky.

Snowverb

(colloquial) To hoodwink someone, especially by presenting confusing information.

Snowverb

(poker) To bluff in draw poker by refusing to draw any cards.

Snownoun

A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.

Snownoun

Watery particles congealed into white or transparent crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth, exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect forms.

Snownoun

Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in, flakes.

Snowverb

To fall in or as snow; - chiefly used impersonally; as, it snows; it snowed yesterday.

Snowverb

To scatter like snow; to cover with, or as with, snow.

Snownoun

precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

Snownoun

a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground

Snownoun

English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980)

Snownoun

street names for cocaine

Snowverb

fall as snow;

Snowverb

conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end;

Snownoun

atmospheric water vapour frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer

Snownoun

falls of snow

Snownoun

a mass of flickering white spots on a television or radar screen, caused by interference or a poor signal

Snownoun

a dessert or other dish resembling snow

Snownoun

a frozen gas resembling snow

Snownoun

cocaine.

Snowverb

snow falls

Snowverb

be confined or blocked by a large quantity of snow

Snowverb

mislead or charm (someone) with elaborate and insincere words

Snow

Snow comprises individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes. It consists of frozen crystalline water throughout its life cycle, starting when, under suitable conditions, the ice crystals form in the atmosphere, increase to millimeter size, precipitate and accumulate on surfaces, then metamorphose in place, and ultimately melt, slide or sublimate away.

Hailnoun

Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.

Hailverb

(impersonal) Said of the weather when hail is falling.

Hailverb

(intransitive) To send or release hail.

Hailverb

To pour down in rapid succession.

Hailverb

(transitive) to greet; give salutation to; salute.

Hailverb

(transitive) To name; to designate; to call.

Hailverb

(transitive) to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of

Hailadjective

(obsolete) Healthy, whole, safe.

Hailinterjection

An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.

Hailnoun

Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are called hailstones.

Hailnoun

A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call.

Hailverb

To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.

Hailverb

To pour forcibly down, as hail.

Hailverb

To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.

Hailverb

To name; to designate; to call.

Hailverb

To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; - used with from; as, the steamer hails from New York.

Hailverb

To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; - with from.

Hailadjective

Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).

Hailinterjection

An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.

Hailnoun

precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents

Hailnoun

enthusiastic greeting

Hailverb

praise vociferously;