snow in
B1 neutral inseparable transitive
In simple words
To get stuck inside because there is so much snow outside that you cannot go anywhere.
Literal meaning: Snow causes you to be enclosed or trapped inside — fairly transparent.
Meanings
1 B1 neutral
To be confined indoors or in a place because heavy snow has blocked roads and exits.
"We were snowed in for three days after the blizzard and had to ration our food."
Grammar: inseparable
2 B1 neutral
To block a door, road, or exit with snow so that movement is impossible.
"The overnight snowfall had completely snowed in the village, blocking all the roads."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Almost always used in the passive: 'we were snowed in.' Very natural and commonly used in regions with heavy winters. Also used figuratively to mean isolated or overwhelmed in some dialects.
Commonly used with
house cottage village roads weekend blizzard
Forms
Base
snow in
I/you/we/they
3rd person
snows in
he/she/it
Past simple
snowed in
yesterday
Past participle
snowed in
have + pp
-ing form
snowing in
continuous
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Synonyms
be trapped be cut off be stuck be stranded be icebound
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