Snore Meaning

/snɔː/
B1

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

nounThe act of snoring, and the noise produced.

I must admit that I snore.
When it comes to snoring, no one can top Mr Snore.
I have to confess to you that I snore.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The man's heavy sleep caused him to ____ so loudly that the neighbors complained.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
My roommate is a very heavy sleeper but he tends to ____ loudly when he lies on his back.

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).

"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." — 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], pages 8-9:
"The lumpiſh husband ſnoar'd avvay the night, / Till coughs avvak'd him near the morning light." — 1709, Alexander Pope, “January and May; or, The Merchant’s Tale, from Chaucer”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717, →OCLC, page 223:

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CEFR Practice Quiz
The man's heavy sleep caused him to ____ so loudly that the neighbors complained.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
My roommate is a very heavy sleeper but he tends to ____ loudly when he lies on his back.

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