snowing

verb

Definition of snowingnext
present participle of snow
1
as in fooling
to cause to believe what is untrue easily snowed by her glib talk

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2
as in bleaching
to make white or whiter by removing color the years had snowed his hair to a silvery white, making it difficult at first to recognize her old high school crush

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snowing
  1. fooling
  2. bleaching
  3. deceiving
  4. brightening
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  • At one point, Stevenson, who is entering his second season, even let out a deep sigh when asked about the difficulty of covering Allen, a seasoned vet skilled in fooling defensive backs.
    Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
  • Feminist activism wasn’t based on fooling women to give up something great.
    Marissa C. Rhodes / Made by History, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of fooling
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  • Similarly, bleaching with chemicals like permanganate or hypochlorite, which consumes substantial water, can be replaced by ozone bleaching using air, significantly reducing water usage and simplifying the drying process.
    SJ Studio, Sourcing Journal, 5 Dec. 2024
  • To keep their golden color, sultanas are treated with sulfur dioxide, a bleaching preservative that prevents them from oxidizing (turning brown) and retains their quality and uniform color.
    Lauren O'Connor, MS, Health, 29 Sep. 2024
Definition of bleaching
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  • What were once simple schemes have now turned into complex operations capable of deceiving even the most tech-savvy individuals.
    Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
  • And what happens next is so deceiving.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of deceiving
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  • Summary Many social media influencers tout rice water as an anti-aging and skin-brightening miracle.
    Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 10 Dec. 2024
  • That includes controversial technologies used to reflect sunlight back into space, primarily by sending reflective particles into the atmosphere or by brightening clouds.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of brightening
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