SNOW

[verb] [I]It's snowing, mummy!It had snowed overnight and a thick white layer covered the ground.If you are snowed in/up, you are prevented from travelling from a place because of very heavy snow.We were snowed in for four whole days last winter - the kids couldn't even go to school.(figurative) If you are snowed under, you have too much work, esp. of the type that involves writing and papers.