Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: snow – sob
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snow (-s), v. [see snow, n.; related to “blow”.]
- Fall; lie cold; [fig.] die; [possibly a compound subject split by stanza enjambment “snow-drift”] bank of cold white frozen precipitation; [fig.] death.
- Phrase. “it snows”: congealed water crystals descend; white star-shaped flakes of frozen moisture fall; winter precipitation floats down to earth from the sky; [fig.] the landscape becomes totally white because of much snowfall.
snowy, adj. [see snow, n.]
White; [fig.] angelic; heavenly; cloud-trimmed.
snug, adj. [obscure origin.]
- Safe; cosy; confident; secure; comfortably confined; [fig.] exalted.
- Taut; skin-tight; well-fitted; close-fitting.
- Garnered; gathered; stowed; stored away; [fig.] hidden; concealed; out of sight
snugly, adv. [see snug, adj.]
Tightly; finely; solidly; firmly; perfectly; plumb; with quality craftsmanship.
so ('s), adv. [OE swa, like that.]
- Quite; very; to such a degree; [intensifier.]
- As; comparably; similarly; to the same degree.
- But; however; nevertheless; on the other hand.
- To such an extent.
- A lot; a great deal.
- Like that; this way; in that way.
- Likewise.
- Too; intensely; too much.
- Phrase. “So much”: to such an extent.
- Phrase. “So's”: so is [contraction]; such is; the same is; like that is.
so, conj. [see so, adv.]
- Thus; by that means; in that way.
- Just like that.
- To the point where.
so, pron. [see so, adv.]
- That; this; such a thing.
- Phrase. “Mr. So and So”: such a gentleman; [pronominal proper noun phrase] God; Deity; the Lord; Heavenly Father.
- Phrase. “Not so”: no way; to the contrary; that is not how it is going to be.
- Phrase. “Not so fast”: slow down.
- Phrase. “or so”: more or less; a bit smaller or larger.
- Phrase. “so many”: such a large amount of people.
- Phrase. “just so”: in exactly this way.
soar (-ed, -ing, -s), v. [Fr. essorer, to fly up < L. aura, air.]
- Rise; ascend; grow upward; [fig.] decorate; adorn; glorify; honor.
- Fly; glide; sail upward.
- Flee; escape; [fig.] forget.
- Surge; flow; stream; continue; [fig.] sing; resound; reverberate; increase in volume.
- Blow; gust; move; run; course.
- Flit; dart.
- Phrase. “soar away”: leave; depart; [fig.] die; pass away.
soaring, verbal n. [see soar, v.]
Rise; elevation; lift-off; upward journey; [fig.] exploration; quest; [as a noun phrase in Johnson's edition “soaring Residence”] upward domain; home on high.
sob (-bed), v. [Dutch sabben, to suck.]
- Bawl; wail; make crying noises; [fig.] grieve; mourn; lament; keen.
- Cry; release emotion vocally; shed tears over a duration of time.