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1. (n.) sleet
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls
2. (v.i.) sleet
to send down sleet.
3. sleet
to fall as or like sleet.
Etymology: (1250–1300; (n.) ME slete; akin to MLG slote, OHG slōze hail)
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| Definition of 'sleet' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) sleet
partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)
2. (verb) sleet
precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow
"If the temperature rises above freezing, it will probably sleet"
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1. (noun) sleet
partly frozen rain
a mix of sleet and snow; It was sleeting outside
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| Definition of 'sleet' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) sleet
the part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions
2. (noun) sleet
hail or snow, mingled with rain, usually falling, or driven by the wind, in fine particles
3. (verb) sleet
to snow or hail with a mixture of rain
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Sense: rain mixed with snow or hail
That isn't snow; – it's just sleet.
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 Afrikaans: ysreën |
 Arabic: شَفشاف: خليط من المَطَر و |
 Bulgarian: суграшица |
 Brazilian: chuva com neve |
 Czech: déšť se sněhem/s kroupami |
 German: die Graupel |
 Danish: slud |
 Greek: χιονόνερο |
 Spanish: aguanieve |
 Estonian: lörts |
 Farsi: برف توام با باران |
 Finnish: räntä |
 French: neige fondante |
 Hebrew: גֶשֶם קִרחִי |
 Hindi: हिम वर्षा |
 Croatian: sugradica, susnježica |
 Hungarian: ólmos eső |
 Indonesian: hujan es |
 Icelandic: slydda |
 Italian: nevischio, (neve mista a |
 Japanese: みぞれ |
 Korean: 진눈깨비 |
 Lithuanian: šlapdriba |
 Latvian: slapjdraņķis |
 Malay: hujan beku |
 Dutch: natte sneeuw |
 Norwegian: sludd |
 Polish: deszcz ześniegiem |
 Persian: برف توام با باران |
 Pashto: ږله ګركې، ګري ګركى، كڼه پ |
 Portuguese: saraiva |
 Romanian: lapoviţă |
 Russian: дождь со снегом |
 Slovak: dážď so snehom / s krúpam |
 Slovenian: dež s snegom |
 Serbian: susnežica |
 Swedish: snöblandat regn, snöglopp |
 Thai: ฝนลูกเห็บ |
 Turkish: sulu sepken |
 Taiwanese: 雨夾雪(或凍雨) |
 Ukrainian: крупа з дощем; сльота |
 Urdu: بارش کے ساتھ برف باری |
 Vietnamese: cơn mưa tuyết, mưa đá |
 Chinese: 雨夹雪（或雹子） |
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