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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