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snowing up

snowing up is the present participle and gerund of snow up.

Meaning of snow up

Verb

snow up (third-person singular simple present snows up, present participle snowing up, simple past and past participle snowed up)

  1. (UK, passive, usually) To prevent (an event) from occurring due to snow.
  2. (UK, passive, usually) To prevent (a person or thing) from leaving (a place) or using (a road or path) due to snow.
    • Midway between these stations a plough with two engines, which had been keeping the line open throughout the Sunday, became completely snowed up, and another engine sent from the Arrochar direction with men to assist in digging out the plough itself was caught in a drift south of Glen Douglas.1941 April, “Notes and News: Railwaymen and Snow”, in Railway Magazine, page 177

Questions about snowing up

What is snowing up the present participle and gerund of?
Snowing up is the present participle and gerund of snow up.

Words near snowing up in the dictionary

  1. snowing down
  2. snowing in
  3. snowing out
  4. snowing over
  5. snowing under
  6. snowing up
  7. snowings
  8. snowish
  9. snowjob
  10. snowjobs
  11. snowkid

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