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Webster 1913 Edition
Snowy
Snow′y
,Adj.
1.
White like snow.
“So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows.” Shak.
2.
Abounding with snow; covered with snow.
“The snowy top of cold Olympus.” Milton.
3.
Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless.
There did he lose his
snowy
innocence. J. Hall (1646).
Snowy heron
(Zool.)
, a white heron, or egret (
– Ardea candidissima
), found in the Southern United States, and southward to Chile; – called also plume bird
. Snowy lemming
(Zool.)
, the collared lemming (
– Cuniculus torquatus
), which turns white in winter. Snowy owl
(Zool.)
, a large arctic owl (
– Nyctea Scandiaca
, or Nyctea nivea
) common all over the northern parts of the United States and Europe in winter time. Its plumage is sometimes nearly pure white, but it is usually more or less marked with blackish spots. Called also white owl
. Snowy plover
(Zool.)
, a small plover (
Aegialitis nivosa
) of the western parts of the United States and Mexico. It is light gray above, with the under parts and portions of the head white.Webster 1828 Edition
Snowy
SNOWY
,Adj.
1.
White like snow.2.
Abounding with snow; covered with snow. The snowy top of cold Olympus.3.
White; pure; unblemished.Definition 2024
snowy
snowy
English
Adjective
snowy (comparative snowier, superlative snowiest)
- Marked by or covered with snow
- snowy day; snowy hillside
- Snow-white in color
Synonyms
- (covered with snow): besnowed, snow-covered
- (white as snow): (as) white as snow, snow-white
Derived terms
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Translations
covered with snow
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as white as snow
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