snowplow
an implement or machine for clearing away snow from highways, railroad tracks, etc.
Skiing. a maneuver in which a skier pushes the heels of both skis outward so that they are far apart, as for turning, decreasing speed, or stopping.
to clear of snow using a snowplow.
to clear away snow with a snowplow.
Skiing. to execute a snowplow.
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How to use snowplow in a sentence
The ultrawide snowplow shovel is ideal for cutting paths in unpacked snowfall on sidewalks and driveways.
Snowplows were in position Sunday morning, city officials said.
Wintry weather returns to Washington; city records lowest temperature in three years | Gillian Brockell | January 17, 2022 | Washington PostYet a prominent cultural narrative for American mothers is a binary choice of Absent Monster or snowplow Mom.
It’s time to end the TV trope of the needy empty-nest mom | Michele Weldon | February 2, 2021 | Washington PostMaterials found in snowplows include steel, aluminum, plastics, and fiberglass, as well as UHMW polyethylene.
Best snow shovel: Clear your driveway fast | PopSci Commerce Team | January 19, 2021 | Popular-ScienceNurses will wheel vaccine to cars lined up in a county-owned snowplow garage.
Novavax’s COVID vaccine candidate is the fifth to reach final-stage testing in the U.S. | Rachel Schallom | December 29, 2020 | Fortune
A snowplow driver got the axe after posting a video of himself gleefully dumping snowdrifts onto cars earlier this winter.
Miners Fired Over ‘Harlem Shake’ Video & Other Job-Killing Memes | Kevin Fallon | March 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHalf-way to Granite Canyon the snowplow got off the track and one wheel broke, so a dead standstill for hours.
The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) | Ida Husted HarperIt had snowed in the night, and Buff Miles, who drove the village snowplow, was also driver of "the 'bus."
Christmas | Zona GaleThe only excitement was seeing the snowplow drawn by two horses, go up on this side of the street and down on the other.
Village Life in America 1852-1872 | Caroline Cowles RichardsTheir progress was slowed here for the road had not been cleared by a snowplow.
Janet Hardy in Hollywood | Ruthe S. WheelerToday, the first of October forty years ago, we drove the snowplow at home.
Look Back on Happiness | Knut Hamsun
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