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Snake

see synonyms of snake

Noun

1. ophidian, serpent, snake

limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

2. snake, snake in the grass

a deceitful or treacherous person

3. snake, snake river

a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition

4. hydra, snake

a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer

5. snake

something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake

Verb

6. snake

move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake

7. snake

form a snake-like pattern

Example Sentences:
'The river snakes through the valley'

8. snake

move along a winding path

Example Sentences:
'The army snaked through the jungle'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Snake

see synonyms of snake
noun
1. 
any reptile of the suborder Ophidia (or Serpentes), typically having a scaly cylindrical limbless body, fused eyelids, and a jaw modified for swallowing large prey: includes venomous forms such as cobras and rattlesnakes, large nonvenomous constrictors (boas and pythons), and small harmless types such as the grass snake
▶ Related adjectives: colubrine, ophidian
2. Also called: snake in the grass
a deceitful or treacherous person
3. 
anything resembling a snake in appearance or action
4. 
(in the European Union) a former system of managing a group of currencies by allowing the exchange rate of each of them only to fluctuate within narrow limits
5. 
a tool in the form of a long flexible wire for unblocking drains
verb
6. (intransitive)
to glide or move like a snake
7. (transitive) US
to haul (a heavy object, esp a log) by fastening a rope around one end of it
8. (transitive) US (often foll by out)
to pull jerkily
9. (transitive)
to move in or follow (a sinuous course)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Snake

see synonyms of snake
noun
1. 
any of a limbless suborder (Serpentes, order Squamata) of reptiles with an elongated, scaly body, lidless eyes, and a tapering tail: some species have a poisonous bite
2. 
a treacherous or deceitful person
3. 
a plumber's tool consisting of a long, flexible rod of spiraled wire for removing obstructions from pipes, etc.
verb intransitiveWord forms: snaked or ˈsnaking
4. 
to move, curve, twist, or turn like a snake
verb transitive
5. 
to clear obstructions from (a pipe, drain, etc.) by means of a snake (sense 3)
6.  US, Informal
to drag or pull, esp. lengthwise and with force
7.  Informal
to pull quickly

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Snake

see synonyms of snake
n. pl. Snake or Snakes
See Shoshone.
n.
See Hydra.
n.
1. Any of numerous scaly, legless, sometimes venomous squamate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (or Ophidia), having a long, tapering, cylindrical body and flexible jaws.
2. A treacherous person. Also called snake in the grass.
3. A long, highly flexible metal wire or coil used for cleaning drains. Also called plumber's snake.
v. snaked, snak·ing, snakes
v.tr.
1. To drag or pull lengthwise, especially to drag with a rope or chain.
2. To pull with quick jerks.
3. To move in a sinuous or gliding manner: tried to snake the rope along the ledge.
v.intr.
To move with a sinuous motion: The river snakes through the valley.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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