snore

CEFRB1

/snɔː/

verb

Türkçe translations

Translating…

In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To make a loud breathing sound while sleeping.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    An extremely boring person or event.

Examples

  • I have to confess to you that I snore.

  • When it comes to snoring, no one can top Mr Snore.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • /snoɹ/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. The act of snoring, and the noise produced.

  2. To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.

More examples

In context

  • I must admit that I snore.

  • The lumpiſh husband ſnoar'd avvay the night, / Till coughs avvak'd him near the morning light.

  • While you here do ſnoaring lie, / Open-ey'd Conſpiracie / His time doth take: / If of Life you keepe a care, / Shake off ſlumber, and beware. / Awake, awake.

Synonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The man's heavy sleep caused him to blank so loudly that the neighbors complained.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

Nearby

Origin

verb

From Middle English snoren, fnoren (“to snore loudly; snort”), from Middle English snore, *fnore (“snore; snort”, noun), from Old English fnora (“snort; sneezing”), from Proto-Germanic *fnuzô, from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to breathe; snort; sneeze”). Compare also Proto-West Germanic *snarkōn, Middle Low German snorren (“to drone”), Dutch snorren (“to hum, purr”). The change fn → sn in this word is regular, seen also in sneeze, from Middle English fnesen (see sneeze for more).