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to snore

to snore

88 1.0
To breathe noisily through the nose or mouth while asleep
  • verb
  • /snɔr/
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  • He started to snore loudly once he fell asleep on the couch.

They do like snoring, but she doesn't snore that often.

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Examples

  • I no longer snore and I feel well rested every morning when I wake up, so I no longer have sleep problems.

  • As I remember, when you lie flat on your back, you snore.

  • So you lie awake in the dark and listen to him snore and get ideas.

  • And then I love that you just start snoring in the middle of his story.

  • His father was still sleeping, and worse still, snoring like a bull.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • By the time the train was moving again, the man was asleep and snoring quietly.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • I came to bed to find you snoring away, one boot on and one boot off.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • You've been snoring away happily for hours.

  • The monks would still be snoring away in their coffins up in the tower.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • "Most nights, Adrian went home, and Steven was already sound asleep and snoring gently.

    Fiction book (1991)

Synonyms

to saw logs
vsto snore
  • Informal
1 8.6

To make loud breathing noises while sleeping

is the neutral term for noisy breathing while asleep
to saw wood
vsto snore
  • Informal
9.0

Make loud snoring noises while sleeping

is the general, neutral description for noisy breathing while asleep

Antonyms

231 1.0

To stop making noise or talking

How Loud

to roar
98 1.0
to snore
88 1.0
wheeze
20 6.3
to pant
95 1.6
to breathe
1.0

Surface Forms

snore infinitive
snored past
snored past participle
snoring present participle
snores third person singular

Etymology

Snore (verb) comes from the old English snorian, which copied the sound of noisy breathing in sleep and became a word made from that sound. So to snore is to 'breathe loudly while sleeping'.