Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cover with or as with snow; whiten.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To scatter like snow; to cover thick, as with snow flakes.
- transitive verb To cover with snow; to whiten with snow, or as with snow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
snow on;cover with snow, or as if with snow. - verb transitive To
scatter like snow. - verb transitive To
whiten .
Etymologies
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From Middle English besnewen, from Old English besnīwian ("to cover with snow"), equivalent to be- + snow. Cognate with Dutch besneeuwen ("to snow, snow in"), German bescheien ("to cover with snow").
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