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sleet
(slēt)n.
1. Precipitation consisting of small ice pellets formed by the freezing of raindrops or of melted snowflakes.
2. A mixture of rain and snow or hail.
3. A thin icy coating that forms when rain or sleet freezes, as on trees or streets.
intr.v. sleet·ed, sleet·ing, sleets
To shower sleet.
[Middle English slete, probably from Old English *slēte; akin to German Schlosse, hail.]
sleet′y adj.
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sleet
(sliːt)n
1. (Physical Geography) partly melted falling snow or hail or (esp US) partly frozen rain
2. (Physical Geography) chiefly US the thin coat of ice that forms when sleet or rain freezes on cold surfaces
vb
(Physical Geography) (intr) to fall as sleet
[C13: from Germanic; compare Middle Low German slōten hail, Middle High German slōze, German Schlossen hailstones]
ˈsleety adj
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sleet
(slit)n.
1. precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (disting. from hail).
v.i. 2. to send down sleet.
3. to fall as or like sleet.
[1250–1300; (n.) Middle English slete; akin to Middle Low German slote, Old High German slōze hail]
sleet′y, adj.
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sleet
(slēt) Water that falls to earth in the form of frozen or partially frozen raindrops.
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sleet
Past participle: sleeted
Gerund: sleeting
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| Noun | 1. |  sleet - partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)downfall, precipitation - the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) |
| Verb | 1. | sleet - precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow; "If the temperature rises above freezing, it will probably sleet" come down, precipitate, fall - fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum" |
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Translations
تُمْطِرُ خليطا من المَطَر والبَرَدتَـمْطُرُ مَطّراً مُتَجَمِّداًشَفشاف: خليط من المَطَر والبَرَدمَطَرٌ مُتَجَمِّد
déšť se sněhem/s kroupamipadat déšť se sněhempadat mrznoucí déšťplískanice
sludsne og regnefalde slud
räntäsataa räntää
padati (susnježica)susnježica
ólmos esőólmos eső esik
ganga á meî slydduslydda
みぞれみぞれが降る
진눈깨비진눈깨비가 내리다
kristi šlapdribaišlapdriba
līt lietum ar krusu/snieguslapjdraņķis
dážď so snehom/s krúpamipadá dážď so snehom/s krúpami
dež s snegom
det är snöblandat regnsnöslask
ตกเป็นลูกเห็บฝนที่ปนหิมะตกลงปกคลุมพื้นดินหรือต้นไม้
sulu sepken yağmaksulu karsulu sepken
mưa tuyết
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sleet
(sliːt) noun rain mixed with snow or hail. That isn't snow – it's just sleet.
verb to hail or snow, with a mixture of rain. It seems to be sleeting outside.
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sleet
→ تَـمْطُرُ مَطّراً مُتَجَمِّداً, مَطَرٌ مُتَجَمِّد padat déšť se sněhem, plískanice slud, sne og regne graupeln, Schneeregen ρίχνει χιονόνερο, χιονόνερο aguanieve, caer aguanieve räntä, sataa räntää grésil, grésiller padati (susnježica), susnježica nevischiare, nevischio みぞれ, みぞれが降る 진눈깨비, 진눈깨비가 내리다 natte sneeuw, sneeuwen, hagelen en regenen tegelijk sludd, sludde deszcz ze śniegiem, paść deszcz ze śniegiem chover granizo, chuva com neve ou granizo дождь со снегом, идти (о дожде со снегом) det är snöblandat regn, snöslask ตกเป็นลูกเห็บ, ฝนที่ปนหิมะตกลงปกคลุมพื้นดินหรือต้นไม้ sulu kar, sulu sepken yağmak mưa tuyết 下冻雨, 冻雨Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009