sleety

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{a} bringing or causing sleet
Of or pertaining to sleet; characterized by sleet; as, a sleety storm; sleety weather
Covered in sleet
{s} of sleet, resembling sleet, containing sleet
consisting of or of the nature of frozen or partially frozen rain
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To be in a state in which sleet is falling

I won't bother going out until it's stopped sleeting.

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A mixture of rain and snow
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Rain which freezes before reaching the ground
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{n} small snow or hail, rain and snow mixed
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Frozen precipitation, consisting of small transparent pellets
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Rain drops that freeze into ice pellets before reaching the ground Sleet usually bounces when hitting a surface and does not stick to objects Forms when snow enters a warm layer of air above the surface and melts and then enters a deep layer of sub-freezing air near the surface and refreezes
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precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow; "If the temperature rises above freezing, it will probably sleet"
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Frozen or partly frozen rain
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Partly frozen rain falling as precipitation
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{f} fall in the form of freezing rain, fall as sleet
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partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)
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precipitation which is a mixture of rain and ice
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Precipitation consisting of generally transparent frozen or partially frozen raindrops A mixture of rain and snow or hail A thin icy coating that forms when rain or sleet freezes, as on trees or streets
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also called ice pellets Sleet is formed when raindrops or melted snowflakes freeze as they pass through a below-freezing layer of air near the earth's surface Sleet does not normally stick to trees and wires, and usually bounces on hitting the ground An accumulation of sleet often has the consistency of dry sand
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Solid grains of ice which form from the freezing of raindrops or the refreezing of melted snowflakes These small, transparent ice pellets usually bounce when they hit a hard surface
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Precipitation consisting of transparent pellets of ice, five (5) millimeters of less in diameter Also called ice pellets Forms when snow enters a warm layer of air above the surface and melts and then enters a deep layer of sub freezing air on the surface and refreezes
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falling snow or hail that has partly melted; partly frozen rain
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Frozen rain droplets that fall from clouds
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Hail or snow, mingled with rain, usually falling, or driven by the wind, in fine particles
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Also known as ice pellets, it is winter precipitation in the form of small bits or pellets of ice that rebound after striking the ground or any other hard surface It is reported as "PE" in an observation and on the METAR
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The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions
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{i} partly frozen rain, mixture of snow and rain
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To snow or hail with a mixture of rain
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Drops of rain or drizzle that freeze into ice as they fall They are usually smaller than 0 3 inches in diameter Official weather observations list sleet as "ice pellets " In some parts of the country "sleet" refers to a mixture of ice pellets and freezing rain
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Said of the weather when sleet is falling
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Sleet is rain that is partly frozen. blinding snow, driving sleet and wind. half-frozen rain that falls when it is very cold
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A type of frozen precipitation, consisting of small transparent pellets
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A term sometimes used for ice pellets, a mixture of precipitating rain and snow, or glaze
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Precipitation consisting of transparent pellets of ice, 5 millimeters or less in diameter Also called ice pellets Forms when snow enters a warm layer of air above the surface and melts and then enters a deep layer of sub freezing air on the surface and refreezes
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partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow) precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow; "If the temperature rises above freezing, it will probably sleet
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Generally refers to a mixture of rain and snow or falling snow that is melting into rain
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Pellets of ice that form when rain or melting snowflakes freeze while falling (Occurs in cold weather; hail usually occurs in summer )
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a form of precipitation in which droplets are partially frozen as water-ice (or water-snow) mixture
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in the U S , a term used to describe tiny ice pellets that are formed when rain or partially melted snowflakes refreeze before reaching the ground Colloquial usage of the term coincides with British usage, which defines sleet as a mixture of rain and snow
sleety

    Hyphenation

    slee·ty

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    Etymology

    [ 'slEt ] (noun.) 13th century. Middle English slete; akin to Middle High German slOz hailstone.
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