Meaning of "flurries" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF FLURRIES

flurries  [ˈflʌrɪz]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLURRIES

Flurries is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb flurries in English.

WHAT DOES FLURRIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Snow flurry

A snow flurry is a brief instance of "snow" with thin, single flaked showers. When hitting the ground the first burst is still a flurry or "flurr" and when accumulated becomes a layer of snow.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FLURRIES

PRESENT

Present

I flurry

you flurry

he/she/it flurries

we flurry

you flurry

they flurry

Present continuous

I am flurrying

you are flurrying

he/she/it is flurrying

we are flurrying

you are flurrying

they are flurrying

Present perfect

I have flurried

you have flurried

he/she/it has flurried

we have flurried

you have flurried

they have flurried

Present perfect continuous

I have been flurrying

you have been flurrying

he/she/it has been flurrying

we have been flurrying

you have been flurrying

they have been flurrying

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I flurried

you flurried

he/she/it flurried

we flurried

you flurried

they flurried

Past continuous

I was flurrying

you were flurrying

he/she/it was flurrying

we were flurrying

you were flurrying

they were flurrying

Past perfect

I had flurried

you had flurried

he/she/it had flurried

we had flurried

you had flurried

they had flurried

Past perfect continuous

I had been flurrying

you had been flurrying

he/she/it had been flurrying

we had been flurrying

you had been flurrying

they had been flurrying

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will flurry

you will flurry

he/she/it will flurry

we will flurry

you will flurry

they will flurry

Future continuous

I will be flurrying

you will be flurrying

he/she/it will be flurrying

we will be flurrying

you will be flurrying

they will be flurrying

Future perfect

I will have flurried

you will have flurried

he/she/it will have flurried

we will have flurried

you will have flurried

they will have flurried

Future perfect continuous

I will have been flurrying

you will have been flurrying

he/she/it will have been flurrying

we will have been flurrying

you will have been flurrying

they will have been flurrying

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would flurries

you would flurries

he/she/it would flurries

we would flurries

you would flurries

they would flurries

Conditional continuous

I would be flurrying

you would be flurrying

he/she/it would be flurrying

we would be flurrying

you would be flurrying

they would be flurrying

Conditional perfect

I would have flurries

you would have flurries

he/she/it would have flurries

we would have flurries

you would have flurries

they would have flurries

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been flurrying

you would have been flurrying

he/she/it would have been flurrying

we would have been flurrying

you would have been flurrying

they would have been flurrying

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you flurry
we let´s flurry
you flurry

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to flurry

Past participle

flurried

Present Participle

flurrying

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «FLURRIES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «flurries» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of flurries

ado · agitate · agitation · bewilder · bother · bout · burst · bustle · commotion · confuse · disconcert · disturb · disturbance · excitement · faze · ferment · flap · fluster · flutter · furore · fuss · gale · gust · hassle · hurry · hustle · outbreak · rattle · ruffle · shower · spell · spurt · squall · stir · storm · swirl · to-do · tumult · unnerve · unsettle · upset · whirl

TRANSLATION OF FLURRIES

Find out the translation of flurries to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of flurries from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flurries» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 飘雪
• Translator English - Spanish: ráfagas
• English: flurries
• Translator English - Hindi: आंधी
• Translator English - Arabic: الموجات
• Translator English - Russian: порывы
• Translator English - Portuguese: nevões
• Translator English - Bengali: দমকা বাতাস
• Translator English - French: averses de neige
• Translator English - Malay: Flurries
• Translator English - German: Schneegestöber
• Translator English - Japanese: 突風
• Translator English - Korean: 돌풍
• Translator English - Javanese: Flurries
• Translator English - Vietnamese: Mưa dông bất chợt
• Translator English - Tamil: பனிப்பொழிவு
• Translator English - Marathi: झटका
• Translator English - Turkish: Sağanak yağış
• Translator English - Italian: folate
• Translator English - Polish: Przelotne opady śniegu
• Translator English - Ukrainian: пориви
• Translator English - Romanian: rafale
• Translator English - Greek: αναταραχές
• Translator English - Afrikaans: wind stoot
• Translator English - Swedish: flurries
• Translator English - Norwegian: flurries

QUOTES WITH «FLURRIES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word flurries.

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Jean Hanff Korelitz

My first three novels were all the subjects of intensely exciting flurries of calls from producers and even stars' production companies, and once someone actually hired a screenwriter to adapt one of my books - but it all came to nothing, so I tried not to get too excited when a Hollywood suitor came calling for 'Admission,' my fourth novel.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLURRIES»

Discover the use of flurries in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flurries and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Flakes and Flurries: A Book about Snow

Learn about snow and snow crystals. How water turns into snow is the focus of this book, with a discussion of blizzards and other extreme conditions.

Josepha Sherman, 2003

Sessional Papers

487 417 39 8 38 2 Cloudy, rain and snow flurries. M 24... 385 36-5 33 2 32 5 Cloudy, snow flurries, thin ice on still water. M 25.... 34 4 411 19 5 192 Fair, perfect day, thin ice on still water. II 26.... 32 6 485 175 17 2 Fair, perfect day. II 27 .

Annual Report

36 2 342 22 1 30 6 Cloudy, snow flurries, squally wind. o 10.... 30 8 321 238 27 0 Cloudy, snow flurries. .. 11.... 30 0 32 7 26 1 26 1 Fair, snow flurries. „ 12... 31 4 331 295 27 2 Cloudy, snow. -. 13... 37 2 30 2 22□6 23 3 Fair, snow flurries. ., 14.

Canada. Dept. of the Interior, 1900

Two Moons of Earth: Where Am I?:

They look like vultures, from where I'm sitting.” “Well from where I'm sitting, they look like vultures too,” answers Diss. “But they're not these bird creatures you describe, they're flurries.” “What are flurries?” asks John. Diss staring at him answers ...

Norman Couse, 2013

THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCESS KIA “THE HUSKY PRINCESS”

Ellie was busy organising Cloud and her flurries to carry the parties ofElves and Gnomes to the outlying areas, and she asked Cloud to comeback alone todiscuss howher flurries could best assist during the battle. A big breakfast was made, ...

Sarah Shearer

2012 Canadian Farmers' Almanac

8th-11th. Increasingly cloudy. 12th-15th. Blustery, snowy weather; at least 20 centimetres for most sections. 16th- 19th. Light snow and flurries are followed by fair skies by the end of this period. 20th-23rd. More clouds than sun, with flurries and ...

Peter Geiger and Sondra Duncan

Spiritual Avalanche: Stopping It Before It Starts

Snow. Flurries. Do not walk in the counsel of the wicked ... Psalm 1:1 Snow flurries! We love to see millions ofwhite flakes falling from the sky where I am from . In fact, the school kids go absolutely crazy. Snow flurries mean school is out in ...

Levi Skipper, 2011

Blood Flurries

Freedom! Elizabeth had yearned and struggled for it since she had been orphaned at an early age.

Kris Haman, 2008

The Old Farmer's Almanac 2014

9413 Snow, then flurries, cold. 14419 Rain and snow showers, mild. 20424 Sunny, mild. 2&30 Snow, then flurries, cold. DEC. 2013: Temp. 14.5° (1° above avg. east, 4° below west); precip. 2" (1" above avg). 14 Sunny, turning mild. 549 Snow ...

Old Farmer's Almanac, 2013

In the Shadow of the Rockies: Diary of the Castle Mountain ...

Captain Brett visited camp from 1.30 to 4.30 p.m. Wednesday October 25th Weather — cloudy, dull and snow flurries, mild, rain p.m. 185 prisoners out on park work. Temperature 42° Max. and 30° Min. above. Prisoners came in early due to ...

Bohdan S. Kordan, Peter J. Melnycky, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLURRIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flurries is used in the context of the following news items.

Cold snap to hit Sunshine State too

'There is a slight chance of some sleet or snow flurries over the higher terrain of the far southeast and Granite Belt,' the Bureau of Meteorology ... «Sky News Australia, Jul 15»

NSW blasted by big freeze; snow falls in apline areas | The Australian

“There is a slight chance of some sleet or snow flurries over the higher terrain of the far southeast and Granite Belt,” the Bureau of Meteorology ... «The Australian, Jul 15»

UFC 189 'Fight Factor:' Final preview for all five 'Mendes vs …

Yes, he's coming off a disappointing loss to a Lightweight fighter, but Thatch does have a track record of finishing opponents via brutal flurries. «MMAmania.com, Jul 15»

Crowd greets Anthrocon furries in outdoor parade | Pittsburgh Post …

Flurries play to the crowd during the Fursuit Walk along the 10th Street underpass of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center during the ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»

El Niño unlikely to quench California desert's thirst - WTSP.com

The Coachella Valley was also narrowly missed by a tropical storm in September, snow flurries fell in March and a freak snowstorm blanketed ... «WTSP 10 News, Jul 15»

Snow dusts South Australia as temperatures plummet - ABC

ABC Rural's Leigh Radford said he had seen "little flurries coming down, swirling around" outside his home at Mount Lofty. "It's looking very ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»

Historicist: Hometown Rivals | culture | Torontoist

Trying to limit the effectiveness of body blows from the hard-hitting Wallace, Luftspring “elected to run, to attack in spasmodic flurries, to cling ... «Torontoist, Jul 15»

Restaurant Profile | By Glenn and Kim Creyts - Springfield News-Sun

Gourmet Ice Cream Sandwich-$1.99; Flurries-$3.29 to $6.29; “Trash Can Sundae”-$3.99. Ice Cream Cakes: Freshly made and designed to ... «Springfield News Sun, Jul 15»

Invicta FC 13 at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas - Las Vegas Informer

Hamasaki attacked with flurries of punches before turning to her takedown game. Tiburcio rocked her with a body kick and looked for a ... «Las Vegas Informer, Jul 15»

Warmer weather on way as blast departs - New Zealand Herald

Although there could be a few isolated flurries higher up, it's clearing away from the North Island's East Coast." He said some farmers in the ... «Hawke's Bay Today, Jul 15»