| sleet Jun 28th 2013, 01:28 | | | | Line 13: | Line 13: | | | # {{context|chiefly|British|lang=en}} A mixture of [[rain]] and [[snow]]. | | # {{context|chiefly|British|lang=en}} A mixture of [[rain]] and [[snow]]. | | | # [[rain|Rain]] which [[freeze]]s before reaching the [[ground]]. | | # [[rain|Rain]] which [[freeze]]s before reaching the [[ground]]. | | | + | # {{context|firearms|lang=en}} Part of a [[mortar]] extending from the [[chamber]] to the [[trunnion]]s. | | | | | | | | ====Synonyms==== | | ====Synonyms==== |
Latest revision as of 01:28, 28 June 2013 English[edit] Etymology[edit] According to Skeat, the author of Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, it is from Old Norse origin - slydda[1] (whence Danish slud); akin to Middle High German sloz (German Schloße). Pronunciation[edit] sleet (uncountable) - (chiefly UK) A mixture of rain and snow.
- Rain which freezes before reaching the ground.
- (firearms) Part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.
Synonyms[edit] Translations[edit] rain which freezes before reaching the ground See also[edit] sleet (third-person singular simple present sleets, present participle sleeting, simple past and past participle sleeted) - (impersonal, of the weather) To be in a state in which sleet is falling.
- I won't bother going out until it's stopped sleeting.
Translations[edit] to be in a state in which sleet is falling Usage notes[edit] - ^ Skeat (in German) considers the English word "sleet" to be a loanword from Scandinavia and cites the Norwegian word "sletta."
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Pronunciation[edit] sleet ? (uncountable) - wear
Synonyms[edit] sleet - singular past indicative of slijten
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of sleeën
- plural imperative of sleeën
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