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| sleet [ sleet ] |
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1. partly frozen rain: partly frozen rain
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2. thin coating of ice: the thin coating of ice formed when rain freezes on something
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intransitive verb (past and past participle sleet·ed, present participle sleet·ing, 3rd person present singular sleets) |
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fall as sleet: to have sleet falling from the sky
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| [13th century. Probably ultimately < Germanic] |
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