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Sleet
01
frozen raindrops or partially melted snowflakes that fall as ice pellets
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Uncountable
Plural form
sleet
Examples
The weather forecast predicts a mix of rain and sleet tomorrow morning.
to sleet
01
(of precipitation) to fall as a mixture of rain and snow
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
sleet
3rd person singular
sleets
Present participle
sleeting
Past simple
sleeted
Past participle
sleeted
Examples
It began to sleet in the late afternoon, making the roads slippery.
Lexical Tree
sleety
sleet
