different between sneb vs snew

English

Etymology

Variant of snib.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sn?b/

Verb

sneb (third-person singular simple present snebs, present participle snebbing, simple past and past participle snebbed)

1. (obsolete or dialect) To check; to reprimand.
   • 16th c, Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, Book II, 1725, The Works of the Honourable Sir Philip Sidney, Kt., in Prose and Verse, Volume 1, 14th Edition, page 410,

     Thou heard'?t even now a young man ?neb me ?ore, / Because I read him, as I would my ?on.

Synonyms

• (check or reprimand): sneap, snib, snub

Noun

sneb (plural snebs)

1. (obsolete or dialect) A snub or reprimand.

References

Webster's 1828 dictionary

Anagrams

• B&NES, Bens, NESB, bens, nebs

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snju?/, /snu?/
• Rhymes: -u?

Etymology 1

From Middle English snewen, from Old English sn?wan (“to snow”), from Proto-Germanic *sn?wan?, from Proto-Indo-European *sneyg??-.

Verb

snew (third-person singular simple present snews, present participle snewing, simple past and past participle snewed)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To snow.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To abound.

Etymology 2

See snow.

Verb

snew

1. (dialectal) simple past tense of snow

References

• snew in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “snow”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• news, sewn, wens

Middle English

Verb

snew

1. Alternative form of snewen

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch sneeuw.

Noun

snew

1. snow