Engels Woord van de dag

snow

sneeuw

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Engels > Nederlands

snow

1. sneeuw

2. sneeuwen

Engels > Engels

snow

1. n. The frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation.

2. n. Any similar frozen form of a gas or liquid.

3. n. A shade of the color white.

(color panel, F9F5E6)

4. n. The moving pattern of random dots displayed on a television, etc., when no transmission signal is being received.

5. n. (slang) Cocaine.

6. n. A snowfall; a blanket of frozen, crystalline water.

We have had several heavy snows this year.

7. v. (impersonal) To have snow fall from the sky.

It is snowing.

It started to snow.

8. v. (colloquial) To hoodwink someone, especially by presenting confusing information.

9. v. (poker) To bluff in draw poker by refusing to draw any cards.

10. n. (nautical) A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.

11. n. topics, en, Atmospheric phenomena, Colors, Whites, Winter

Nederlands > Engels

sneeuw

1. n-f. snow (frozen precipitation)

Kinderen zijn dol op spelen in de sneeuw tijdens de winter. - Children love playing in the snow during winter.

Er ligt een dikke laag sneeuw op de straten na de hevige sneeuwval. - There is a thick layer of snow on the streets after heavy snowfall.

2. n-f. snow, static, noise (on a display screen)

Het televisiesignaal is niet goed; ik zie alleen maar sneeuw op het scherm. - The TV signal is not good; I only see snow on the screen.

De oude monitor vertoont veel sneeuw en storing. - The old monitor has a lot of static and interference.

3. n-f. (slang) cocaine

Het is bekend dat sommige feestgangers sneeuw gebruiken op dit soort evenementen. - It's known that some partygoers use cocaine at this type of events.

Het bezit en gebruik van sneeuw zijn illegaal in de meeste landen. - Possession and use of cocaine are illegal in most countries.

4. v. imperative of sneeuwen

5. v. topics, Atmospheric phenomena