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snew

/snjuː/

snew verb: to snow. Also the simple past of snow.

Verb

snew (third-person singular simple present snews, present participle snewing, simple past and past participle snewed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To snow.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To abound.

Also used as

snew is also the simple past of snow.

Forms of snew

third-person singular presentsnews
present participlesnewing
past participlesnewed
pastsnewed

Origin of snew

From Middle English snewen, from Old English snīwan (“to snow”), from Proto-Germanic *snīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ-.

See snow.

Words formed from snew

Words that rhyme with snew

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Questions about snew

What does snew mean?
Snew means to snow.
What part of speech is snew?
Snew is a verb.
How do you pronounce snew?
Snew is pronounced /snjuː/.
What is the past tense of snew?
The past tense of snew is snewed.

Words near snew in the dictionary

  1. Snetterton
  2. snetting
  3. Snettisham
  4. sneutrino
  5. sneutrinos
  6. snew
  7. snewed
  8. snewing
  9. snews
  10. Sneyd
  11. Sneyds

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