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snow up

B2 neutral separable both
In simple words

When roads or places get totally blocked or covered with snow so nothing can move.

Literal meaning: Snow fills up and blocks something — transparent.

Meanings

1 B2 neutral

Of roads, mountain passes, or routes: to become completely blocked by heavy snowfall.

"All the mountain roads had snowed up overnight and no vehicles could pass."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

Similar to 'snow in' but more focused on the blocking of external routes and access rather than confinement. Used in weather reports and travel news. More common in British English.

Commonly used with

roads passes village access mountain routes overnight

Forms

Base
snow up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
snows up
he/she/it
Past simple
snowed up
yesterday
Past participle
snowed up
have + pp
-ing form
snowing up
continuous

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