adj
Meaning 1
Covered in sleet; full of sleet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- sleety weather
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sleety
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/ˈsliːti/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -iːti
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
consisting of or of the nature of frozen or partially frozen rain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English sleet Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English sleety From sleet + -y.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: кишав (kišav) — covered in sleet