snore
verb/snɔː(r)/
/snɔːr/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they snore | /snɔː(r)/ /snɔːr/ |
| he / she / it snores | /snɔːz/ /snɔːrz/ |
| past simple snored | /snɔːd/ /snɔːrd/ |
| past participle snored | /snɔːd/ /snɔːrd/ |
| -ing form snoring | /ˈsnɔːrɪŋ/ /ˈsnɔːrɪŋ/ |
- to breathe noisily through your nose and mouth while you are asleep
- I could hear Paul snoring in the next room.
Extra Examples- Grandma was snoring away in her bed.
- Lily began to snore loudly.
- She was asleep in a chair and snoring gently.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- loudly
- noisily
- gently
- …
- begin to
- start to
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘a snort, snorting’): probably imitative; compare with snort.Want to learn more?
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