# snows

Pronunciation: say "SNOHZ" US /snoʊz/, UK /snəʊz/

## Verb

1. Third-person singular simple present of snow. — third-person singular simple present indicative of snow
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of snow. Use this form with he, she, or it, usually "it."
   - _It snows for months on end in the high Arctic._
   - _When it snows here, the roads close within an hour._

## Noun

2. Plural of snow. — plural of snow
   - Simple: Plural of snow. Use it to talk about snow falling at different times or places.
   - _The spring snows melted slowly into the swollen rivers._
   - _Ancient snows still cap the highest peaks year-round._
3. Short, informal term for snow tires. *(colloquial)* — Clipping of snow tires.
   - Simple: Short, informal word for snow tires: tires made for driving on snow and ice.
   - _She swapped her summer tires for snows in late October._
   - _The mechanic recommended a fresh set of snows for the icy commute._
4. Either polar region of the Earth (the Arctic, the Antarctic, or both) where snow persists throughout the year.
   - Simple: The icy regions at the top and bottom of the world, where snow never fully melts.
   - _The expedition wintered in the southern snows before attempting the pole._
   - _Tales of the northern snows filled the old whaler's journals._

## Noun

5. A woman's pale breasts, evoked in poetry as white as snow. *(dated)*
   - Simple: An old, poetic name for a woman's pale breasts.
   - _The sonnet lingered on the lady's snows and her blushing cheeks._
   - _Beneath the loosened bodice, her snows lay half concealed._

## Origin

Formed from "snow" plus the suffix "-s," which makes regular noun plurals (and pluralia tantum) as well as the third-person singular present tense of verbs.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/snows (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).