to snowplow

3.5

To remove snow from roads using a vehicle with a blade

: quitar la nieve (de)

It's not only snowplowing that's a problem, either; their roads are in terrible repair, and an increasing number of small bridges in their area are failing and simply being closed.

Examples

After the heavy snowfall, we hired a company to snowplow our driveway so we could park our cars.
County council members described a generally collegial mode of work focused on meeting the immediate needs of county residents—filling potholes, repairing bridges, and getting roads snowplowed.

Academic text (2017)
Come winter, the city plans to continue using a private contractor to snowplow an area in the north and to create a second zone to be plowed by a private contractor.

Blog text (23)
County councils rarely deal with "hot-button" issues such as abortion; instead, they primarily deal with less contentious issues such as filling in potholes and snowplowing.

Academic text (2017)
The city workers will snowplow the main roads early in the morning to ensure safe passage for commuters.
In winter, the town always plans ahead to snowplow streets promptly after any storm to keep traffic flowing.

vsto snowplow

1 2.8

To remove snow from a driveway using a shovel

uses a powered vehicle to clear larger surfaces rather than manual work

to oversnow

7.8

To cover something with snow during heavy snowfall

snowplow parent

7.5

A parent who removes problems so their child becomes too dependent on them

to snowplow

3.5

to clear

∞ 1.5

to brush off

22 3.9

snowplow infinitive

snowplowed past

snowplowed past participle

snowplowing present participle

snowplows third person singular

Snowplow as a verb comes from the machine snowplow. To snowplow a road is to use that blade to 'push' the snow away so the road is clear.