snows

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of snow. Use this form with he, she, or it, usually "it."

   It snows heavily in the mountains almost every winter.

   Whenever it snows, the children rush outside to play.

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2. 2
   noun

   Plural of snow. Use it to talk about snow falling at different times or places.

   The deep snows of winter covered the whole valley.

   Heavy snows blocked the mountain passes for several weeks.

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3. 3
   nouncolloquialpluralabbreviationclipping

   Short, informal word for snow tires: tires made for driving on snow and ice.

   Dad put the snows on the car before the first big storm.

   We keep a set of snows in the garage all winter.

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4. 4
   nounplural

   The icy regions at the top and bottom of the world, where snow never fully melts.

   Like the white caps you see at the very top and bottom of a globe.

   The explorers spent two long years crossing the southern snows.

   Few creatures can survive in the frozen northern snows.

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