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# sleet

noun (sleet, uncountable); verb (it sleets, sleeted, sleeting)

«sleet» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Sleet is a mix of rain and snow, or small icy drops that fall from the sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleet/#m1)
2. To sleet means that sleet is falling: «It is sleeting». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleet/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and weather lessons, sleet is a kind of precipitation, along with rain, snow and hail; it happens when the air is close to freezing. In safety, sleet makes roads and paths icy and slippery. Weather forecasts often say «rain turning to sleet».

### Examples

- Cold sleet stung our faces on the way to school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleet/#x1)
- It started to sleet just as the match began. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleet/#x2)
- The path was slippery after the sleet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleet/#x3)
- Rain, snow, sleet and hail are all kinds of precipitation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleet/#x4)
- The forecast says sleet tonight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleet/#x5)
- We stayed inside while it sleeted all afternoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleet/#x6)
- Wear a waterproof coat in sleet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleet/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable noun: «some sleet», never «a sleet». As a verb it uses «it»: «It is sleeting». In the USA sleet usually means small ice pellets; in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand it means wet snow mixed with rain. Hail is bigger, hard balls of ice.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sleet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sleet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sleet.html) on Mova free.