"besnow" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: besnows [present, singular, third-person], besnowing [participle, present], besnowed [participle, past], besnowed [past]
Rhymes: -əʊ Etymology: From Middle English besnewen, from Old English besnīwian (“to cover with snow”); equivalent to be- + snow. Cognate with Dutch besneeuwen (“to snow, snow in”), German beschneien (“to cover with snow”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|besnewen}} Middle English besnewen, {{inh|en|ang|besnīwian|t=to cover with snow}} Old English besnīwian (“to cover with snow”), {{pre|en|be|snow|nocat=1}} be- + snow, {{cog|nl|besneeuwen|t=to snow, snow in}} Dutch besneeuwen (“to snow, snow in”), {{cog|de|beschneien|t=to cover with snow}} German beschneien (“to cover with snow”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} besnow (third-person singular simple present besnows, present participle besnowing, simple past and past participle besnowed)
  1. To snow on; to cover with snow, or as if with snow. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-besnow-en-verb-HFhQ3~eu
  2. To scatter like snow, or as if like snow. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-besnow-en-verb-u6Cu6yR2
  3. To whiten with snow, or as with snow. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-besnow-en-verb-Dce45UJK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 23 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: besnew Derived forms: besnowed

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