Snow Definition–noun | 1. | Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air. Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets. | | 2. | these flakes as forming a layer on the ground or other surface. | | 3. | the fall of these flakes or a storm during which these flakes fall. | | 4. | something resembling a layer of these flakes in whiteness, softness, or the like: the snow of fresh linen. | | 5. | Literary. | b. | the white color of snow. | | | 6. | Slang. cocaine or heroin. | | 7. | white spots or bands on a television screen caused by a weak signal. Compare hash 1 (def. 5). | –verb (used without object) | 8. | to send down snow; fall as snow. | –verb (used with object) | 10. | to let fall as or like snow. | | 11. | Slang. | a. | to make an overwhelming impression on: The view really snowed them. | | b. | to persuade or deceive: She was snowed into believing everything. | | —Verb phrase | 12. | snow under, | a. | to cover with or bury in snow. | | b. | to overwhelm with a larger amount of something than can be conveniently dealt with. | | c. | to defeat overwhelmingly. | | |
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Board Definition–noun | 1. | a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness. | | 2. | a flat slab of wood or other material for some specific purpose: a cutting board. | | 3. | a sheet of wood, cardboard, paper, etc., with or without markings, for some special use, as a checkerboard or chessboard. | | 4. | boards, | a. | Theater. the stage: The play will go on the boards next week. | | b. | the wooden fence surrounding the playing area of an ice-hockey rink. | | c. | a racing course made of wood, used esp. in track meets held indoors: his first time running on boards. | | | 5. | Bookbinding. stiff cardboard or other material covered with paper, cloth, or the like to form the covers for a book. | | 6. | Building Trades. composition material made in large sheets, as plasterboard or corkboard. | | 7. | a table, esp. to serve food on. | | 8. | daily meals, esp. as provided for pay: twenty dollars a day for room and board. | | 9. | an official group of persons who direct or supervise some activity: a board of directors. | | 10. | Nautical. | b. | one leg, or tack, of the course of a ship beating to windward. | | | 11. | Railroads. a fixed signal or permanent sign regulating traffic. | | 12. | a flat surface, as a wall or an object of rectangular shape, on which something is posted, as notices or stock-market quotations: a bulletin board. | | 14. | Computers. | a. | Also called card, circuit board. a piece of fiberglass or other material upon which chips can be mounted to perform specific functions. | | | 17. | Australian. | a. | the area of a woolshed where shearing is done. | | b. | a crew of shearers working in a particular woolshed. | | c. | sheep about to be sheared. | | | 18. | Obsolete. the edge, border, or side of anything. | –verb (used with object) | 19. | to cover or close with boards (often fol. by up or over): to board up a house; to board over a well. | | 20. | to furnish with meals, or with meals and lodging, esp. for pay: They boarded him for $50 a week. | | 21. | to go on board of or enter (a ship, train, etc.). | | 22. | to allow on board: We will be boarding passengers in approximately ten minutes. | | 23. | to come up alongside (a ship), as to attack or to go on board: The pirate ship boarded the clipper. | | 24. | Obsolete. to approach; accost. | –verb (used without object) | 25. | to take one's meals, or be supplied with food and lodging at a fixed price: Several of us board at the same rooming house. | | 26. | Ice Hockey. to hit an opposing player with a board check. | —Idioms | 27. | across the board, | a. | Racing. betting on a horse or dog to finish first, second, o
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