snores

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of snore.

   My grandfather snores through the entire movie every Sunday.

   The baby only snores when she has a stuffy nose.

   Note

   The form a single third-person subject takes in the present: he snores, the dog snores, my grandfather snores. With I, you, we or they, the bare snore returns. The same spelling also serves as the plural noun, so the surrounding sentence tells you which one you have. The verb is ambitransitive: it usually stands alone, but it can also take an object.

2. 2
   noun

   Plural of snore.

   The thin walls let every one of his snores carry into the next room.

   Gentle snores rose from the dog stretched out by the fire.

   Note

   A countable plural for separate bursts of noise. Each snore is one rasping breath, so snores can be counted, softened, or heard through a wall. The plural also belongs to the informal noun for a crashingly dull person or event, so a run of tedious meetings can be called snores. Unlike the verb form, it follows an article, a possessive or an adjective: his snores, gentle snores.

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