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snow

 
 
/snəʊ/ verb

Translation

it snows If it snows, snow falls from the sky.
kar yağmak
It snowed all day yesterday.1510
be snowed in to be unable to leave a place because there is too much snow
karda mahsur kalmak
We were snowed in for two days.1510
be snowed under to have too much work
işi çok/işi başından aşkın olmak
I'm snowed under with homework.1359
(Definition of snow verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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