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snake
[ sneyk ]
noun
- any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.
- a treacherous person; an insidious enemy. Compare snake in the grass.
- Building Trades.
- Also called auger, plumber's snake. (in plumbing) a device for dislodging obstructions in curved pipes, having a head fed into the pipe at the end of a flexible metal band.
- Also called wirepuller. a length of resilient steel wire, for threading through an electrical conduit so that wire can be pulled through after it.
verb (used without object)
, snaked, snak·ing.
- to move, twist, or wind:
The road snakes among the mountains.
verb (used with object)
, snaked, snak·ing.
- to wind or make (one's course, way, etc.) in the manner of a snake:
to snake one's way through a crowd.
- to drag or haul, especially by a chain or rope, as a log.
snake
/ sneɪk /
noun
- 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 colubrineophidian
- Also calledsnake in the grass a deceitful or treacherous person
- anything resembling a snake in appearance or action
- (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
- a tool in the form of a long flexible wire for unblocking drains
verb
- intr to glide or move like a snake
- tr to haul (a heavy object, esp a log) by fastening a rope around one end of it
- tr often foll by out to pull jerkily
- tr to move in or follow (a sinuous course)
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Derived Forms
- ˈsnakeˌlike, adjective
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Other Words From
- snakelike adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of snake1
before 1000; Middle English (noun); Old English snaca; cognate with Middle Low German snake, Old Norse snākr
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Word History and Origins
Origin of snake1
Old English snaca; related to Old Norse snākr snake, Old High German snahhan to crawl, Norwegian snōk snail
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