snore

/snɔ:/
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snore

He snores loudly in his sleep.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • The act or sound of snoring: A snore is the rough, rattling noise a person makes while breathing during sleep.
    • The noise itself: The specific sound produced when someone snores.

  2. Verb:

    • To breathe noisily while sleeping: To make a harsh, vibrating sound in the throat and nose during sleep due to relaxed airway tissues.
Examples

  • Noun: His loud snore kept everyone in the tent awake.I could hear the gentle snore of my dog from the other room.

  • Verb: My father snores so loudly that it sometimes echoes.If you snore, you might want to see a doctor about sleep apnea.

Advanced Usage

  • "to snore away": to spend time sleeping and snoring. He snored away the entire afternoon on the couch.

  • "to snore oneself awake/into something": to wake up or enter a state because of one's own snoring (often used humorously or figuratively). He was so tired he snored himself into a deep stupor.

Variants and Related Words
  • Snorer (n): a person who snores.
  • Snoring (n/adj): the action or sound of snoring; producing snores.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Snorting, sawing logs (idiomatic).
  • Verb: To saw logs (idiomatic), to breathe heavily (in sleep).
Related Idioms
  • "Sawing logs": (idiom) to snore loudly.
snore

He snores loudly in his sleep.

Noun
  1. the act of snoring or producing a snoring sound
  2. the rattling noise produced when snoring
Verb
  1. breathe noisily during one's sleep
    • she complained that her husband snores

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