Sleet
[sliːt] or [slit]
Definition
(noun.) partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow).
(verb.) precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow; 'If the temperature rises above freezing, it will probably sleet'.
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Definition
(n.) The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.
(n.) Hail or snow, mingled with rain, usually falling, or driven by the wind, in fine particles.
(v. i.) To snow or hail with a mixture of rain.
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Definition
n. rain mingled with snow or hail.—v.i. to hail or snow with rain mingled.—n. Sleet′iness.—adj. Sleet′y.
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Examples
- I was often out in cold, rain, and sleet, but nobody took much note of me after I had been out a few times. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Like a stray sheep that wanders over the sleet-beaten hill-side, while the flock is in the pen, and dies before morning-dawn. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Sir Leicester watches the sleet and snow and listens for the returning steps that he expects. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- We were again upon the melancholy road by which we had come, tearing up the miry sleet and thawing snow as if they were torn up by a waterwheel. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The sleet fell all that day unceasingly, a thick mist came on early, and it never rose or lightened for a moment. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Now, indeed, as Martin set his face homeward, he felt that the sleet was sharp and the east wind cold. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A bitter sleet came rattling against us here on the east wind, and Joe took me on his back. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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