snow down
C1 neutral inseparable intransitive
In simple words
For snow to fall down from the sky.
Literal meaning: For snow to fall in a downward direction — fully transparent.
Meanings
1 C1 neutral
(Rare/poetic) For snow to fall from the sky, often heavily or continuously.
"All through the night it snowed down silently, covering the fields in white."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Uncommon as a fixed phrasal verb. Mostly found in poetic, literary, or dialectal usage. Standard English would normally say 'it is snowing' rather than 'snowing down.' ESL learners should use 'snow' or 'snow in/over' instead.
Commonly used with
steadily heavily outside all night
Forms
Base
snow down
I/you/we/they
3rd person
snows down
he/she/it
Past simple
snowed down
yesterday
Past participle
snowed down
have + pp
-ing form
snowing down
continuous
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