sleet
verb/sliːt/
/sliːt/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they sleet | /sliːt/ /sliːt/ |
| he / she / it sleets | /sliːts/ /sliːts/ |
| past simple sleeted | /ˈsliːtɪd/ /ˈsliːtɪd/ |
| past participle sleeted | /ˈsliːtɪd/ /ˈsliːtɪd/ |
| -ing form sleeting | /ˈsliːtɪŋ/ /ˈsliːtɪŋ/ |
- when it is sleeting, a mixture of rain and snow is falling from the sky
- It’s sleeting!
Word OriginMiddle English: of Germanic origin; probably related to Middle Low German slōten (plural) ‘hail’ and German Schlosse ‘hailstone’.
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