From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Snore \Snore\ (sn[=o]r), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Snored} (sn[=o]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Snoring}.] [OE. snoren, AS. snora a snoring; akin to LG. snoren, snorken, snurken, to snore, D. snorken, G. schnarchen to snore, schnarren to rattle, MHG. snarren, Sw. snarka to snore, Icel. snarka to sputter, fizzle. Cf. {Snarl} to growl, {Sneer}, {Snort}. See {Snoring}.] To breathe with a rough, hoarse, nasal voice in sleep.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Snoring \Snor"ing\, noun (Physiol.) The act of respiring through the open mouth so that the currents of inspired and expired air cause a vibration of the uvula and soft palate, thus giving rise to a sound more or less harsh. It is usually unvoluntary, but may be produced voluntarily.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: breathing during sleep with harsh noises caused by vibration of the uvula or soft palate; "the snoring sleeper"
noun
1: the act of snoring or producing a snoring sound [syn: {snore}, {stertor}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
74 Moby Thesaurus words for "snoring": Aqua-Lung, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic, asthmatic wheeze, breath, breath of air, breathing, broken wind, cough, effervescent, errhine, exhalation, expiration, expiratory, exsufflation, fizzling, gasp, gulp, hack, heaving, hiccup, hissing, huffing, hushing, inhalation, inhalator, inspiration, inspiratory, insufflation, iron lung, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, nasal, oxygen mask, oxygen tent, pant, panting, pneumonic, puff, puffing, pulmonary, pulmonic, respiration, respiratory, rhinal, scuba, sibilant, sigh, sissing, sizzling, sneeze, sneezy, sniff, sniffing, sniffle, sniffling, sniffly, sniffy, snore, snorting, snuff, snuffle, snuffling, snuffly, snuffy, sternutation, sternutatory, stertor, stertorous, suspiration, wheeze, wheezing, wheezy, wind
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