snow
UK: snəʊ | US: snoʊ
n. Frozen precipitation in the form of white ice crystals falling from the sky.
n. A layer of such crystals covering the ground.
vt. To fall as snow (impersonal, e.g., "It snowed yesterday").
vt. To deceive or overwhelm with elaborate talk (slang, e.g., "snowed under with work").
The word "snow" traces back to Old English snāw, derived from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz, and further to Proto-Indo-European sniegwh- (to snow). This ancient root is shared across Indo-European languages (e.g., Latin nix, Greek nipha). The word has retained its core meaning of frozen precipitation for millennia, reflecting its stability in Germanic languages. Its compact structure and lack of divisible morphemes in modern English classify it as a non-splittable, core vocabulary word.
The children built a fort out of fresh snow.
It rarely snows in coastal regions of the country.
The mountain peaks were permanently covered in snow.
She felt snowed under by the sudden workload.
His poetic descriptions snowed the audience into silence.