What does sleet mean?
Definitions for sleet
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word sleet.
Princeton's WordNet
sleetverb
partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)
sleetverb
precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow
"If the temperature rises above freezing, it will probably sleet"
Wiktionary
sleetnoun
Rain which freezes before reaching the ground.
sleetnoun
A mixture of rain and snow.
sleetverb
To be in a state in which sleet is falling.
I won't bother going out until it's stopped sleeting.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Sleetnoun
A kind of smooth small hail or snow, not falling in flakes, but single particles.
Etymology: perhaps from the Danish, slet.
Now van to van the foremost squadrons meet,
The midmost battles hastning up behind,
Who view, far off, the storm of falling sleet,
And hear their thunder rattling in the wind. Dryden.Perpetual sleet and driving snow
Obscure the skies, and hang on herds below.
Huge oxen stand inclos’d in wintry walls
Of snow congeal’d. Dryden.Rains would have been poured down, as the vapours became cooler; next sleet, then snow, and ice, and frost. George Cheyne.
To Sleetverb
To snow in small particles, intermixed with rain.
Etymology: from the noun.
ChatGPT
sleet
Sleet is a type of precipitation that falls from the sky in the form of small, translucent balls of ice. It is formed when raindrops in the atmosphere pass through a layer of cold air and freeze before reaching the ground. It is common in colder climates and during transitional periods from fall to winter and winter to spring.
Webster Dictionary
Sleetnoun
the part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions
Sleetnoun
hail or snow, mingled with rain, usually falling, or driven by the wind, in fine particles
Sleetverb
to snow or hail with a mixture of rain
Etymology: [OE. sleet; akin to MHG. slz, slze hailstone, G. schlosse; of uncertain origin.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Sleet
slēt, n. rain mingled with snow or hail.—v.i. to hail or snow with rain mingled.—n. Sleet′iness.—adj. Sleet′y. [Scand., Norw. sletta, sleet.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
SLEET
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sleet is ranked #54530 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Sleet surname appeared 378 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Sleet.
58.4% or 221 total occurrences were Black.
31.4% or 119 total occurrences were White.
7.9% or 30 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.5% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sleet in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sleet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of sleet in a Sentence
Sometimes it's stressful because of the heat, sometimes it's stressful because of the rain, but we're out there rain, sleet or snow. We've got to launch them all.
Moderate to significant sleet and freezing rain could be possible across the southern states.
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- البردArabic
- сугра́шицаBulgarian
- aiguaneuCatalan, Valencian
- plískaniceCzech
- bwrw eirlaw, eirlawWelsh
- sludDanish
- Schneeregen, EisregenGerman
- aguanieveSpanish
- برفبارانPersian
- jäätävä tihku, sataa räntää, räntäsade, jäätävä sade, räntäFinnish
- grésil, grésillerFrench
- flinScottish Gaelic
- havasesőHungarian
- greletar, greletoIdo
- ískorn, ísing, bleytukafald, setja niður slyddu, kraparigning, slyddaIcelandic
- nevischioItalian
- סבבהHebrew
- 霙Japanese
- თოვლჭყაპიGeorgian
- 진눈깨비Korean
- SchnéireenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- krusaLatvian
- waiwahaMāori
- ijzel, smeltende sneeuwDutch
- slutNorwegian Nynorsk
- sludd, sluddværNorwegian
- deszcz ze śniegiem, marznący deszczPolish
- granizar, água-neve, saraiva, granizoPortuguese
- lapoviță, fleșcăialăRomanian
- [[дождь]] со [[снег, [[ледяно́й]] [[дождь]], [[мо́крый]] [[снег]]Russian
- susnežicaSerbo-Croatian
- sodraSlovene
- slask, snöblandat regn, snögloppSwedish
- mưa tuyếtVietnamese
- 雨雪Chinese
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