besnow

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6

Definition of besnow

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To snow on; to cover with snow, or as if with snow.
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verb

  1. (transitive)To snow on; to cover with snow, or as if with snow.
  2. (transitive)To scatter like snow.
  3. (transitive)To whiten with snow, or as with snow.
    “Virgins of equall birth, [...] / Shall draw thy picture, and record thy life; / One ſhall enſphere thine eyes, another ſhall / Impearl thy teeth[,] a third thy white and ſmall / Hand ſhall beſnow, a fourth incarnadine / Thy roſie cheek, [...]”

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Etymology

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 beschneien (“to cover with snow”).

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