Meaning & use
snowed
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Fell as snow from the sky, or was covered with snow.
See it in a sentence
It snowed heavily all through the night, blanketing the town.
The mountain pass was snowed in for three days.
A note on using this word
In the idiom "snowed under," the word shifts to mean overwhelmed with work or tasks, unrelated to weather.
Words with a similar meaning
precipitated
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Overwhelmed with a large amount of work or tasks (used in the phrase "snowed under").
She was completely snowed under with deadlines before the holiday.
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