sleet

🇺🇸 /sliːt/ 🇬🇧 /sliːt/
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noun
R

Rain that turns into ice pellets before hitting the ground.

The sleet made it difficult to see while driving.

verb
R

To fall as a mixture of rain and ice pellets.

It's sleeting outside, making the roads slippery.

translation

n. Rain that turns into ice pellets before hitting the ground.
v. To fall as a mixture of rain and ice pellets.

Word Forms

3rd Present sleets
Progressive sleeting
Past sleeted
Perfect sleeted
Plural sleets