Dictionary
Thesaurus
Medical
Scrabble®
Spanish Central
Browse DictionaryBrowse Thesaurus
Get our free apps!iPhone•iPad•Android
Games
Word of the Day
Video
Blog: Words at Play
My Faves
Dictionary

1sleet

noun \ˈslēt\

: frozen or partly frozen rain

Full Definition of SLEET

:  frozen or partly frozen rain
— sleety \ˈslē-tē\ adjective
See sleet defined for English-language learners
See sleet defined for kids
ADVERTISEMENT

Origin of SLEET

Middle English slete; akin to Middle High German slōz hailstone
First Known Use: 13th century

Rhymes with SLEET

beat, beet, bleat, cheat, cleat, Crete, deet, eat, feat, fleet, Geat, gleet, greet, heat, lied, meat, meet, mete, neat, peat, pleat, seat, sheet, skeet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, weet, wheat

2sleet

intransitive verb

—used with it to say that sleet is falling

Full Definition of SLEET

:  to shower sleet

First Known Use of SLEET

14th century
SLEET Defined for Kids

1sleet

noun \ˈslēt\

Definition of SLEET for Kids

:  frozen or partly frozen rain

2sleet

verb
sleet·edsleet·ing

Definition of SLEET for Kids

:  to shower sleet

Learn More About SLEET

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: sleevePrevious Word in the Dictionary: sleerAll Words Near: sleet
ADVERTISEMENT
10 Charming Words for Nasty People
Put-downs with flair
Learn More
When "Literally" isn't, well, literal
How to use a word that (literally) drives some people nuts.
Watch Now
Know what this is?
Test your vocab with our fun, fast game
Go Play
Fear of cats?
Ailurophobia, and 9 other unusual fears
Learn More
Join Us
Merriam-Webster
on Facebook
Merriam-Webster
on Twitter
Bookstore: Digital and Print
Merriam-Webster references for Mobile, Kindle, print, and more.
See All
Other Merriam-Webster Dictionaries