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snake 
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| 1. | any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas. |
| 2. | a treacherous person; an insidious enemy. Compare snake in the grass. |
| 3. | Building Trades.
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| 4. | to move, twist, or wind: The road snakes among the mountains. |
| 5. | to wind or make (one's course, way, etc.) in the manner of a snake: to snake one's way through a crowd. |
| 6. | to drag or haul, esp. by a chain or rope, as a log. |
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME (n.); OE snaca; c. MLG snake, ON snākr]
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snakelike, adjective
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Snake River
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| a river flowing from NW Wyoming through S Idaho into the Columbia River in SE Washington: Shoshone Falls. 1038 mi. (1670 km) long. |
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| Hy·dra
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[Middle English Idra, from Latin Hydra, from Greek Hudrā, Hydra, a water serpent; see wed-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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| Sho·sho·ne also Sho·sho·ni
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n. pl. Shoshone or Sho·sho·nes also Shoshoni or Sho·sho·nis
[Probably from an Eastern Shoshone band name.] Sho·sho'ne·an adj. |
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| snake
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n.
v. snaked, snak·ing, snakes v. tr.
v. intr. To move with a sinuous motion: The river snakes through the valley. [Middle English, from Old English snaca.] |
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| Snake 1
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n. pl. Snake or Snakes See Shoshone. |
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| Snake 2
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n. See Hydra. |
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snake (n.)
O.E. snaca, from P.Gmc. *snakon (cf. O.N. snakr "snake," Swed. snok, Ger. Schnake "ring snake"), from PIE base *snag-, *sneg- "to crawl, creeping thing" (cf. O.Ir. snaighim "to creep," Lith. snake "snail," O.H.G. snahhan "to creep"). In Mod.Eng., gradually replacing serpent in popular use. Meaning "treacherous person" first recorded 1590 (cf. O.C.S. gadu "reptile," gadinu "foul, hateful"). Snake eyes in crap-shooting sense is from 1929. Snake oil is from 1927. Snake-bitten "unlucky" is sports slang from 1957. The game of Snakes and Ladders is attested from 1907. Snake pit is from 1883, as a supposed primitive test of truth or courage; fig. sense is from 1941. Phrase snake in the grass is from Virgil's Latet anguis in herba [Ecl. III.93] Another O.E. word for "snake" was næddre (see adder).
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
snake (v.)
1653, "to twist or wind (something) into the form of a snake," from snake (n.). The intrans. sense of "to move like a snake" is attested from 1848; that of "to wind or twist like a snake" (of roads, etc.) is from 1875.
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| snake | |
noun | |
| 1. | limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous |
| 2. | a deceitful or treacherous person |
| 3. | a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition |
| 4. | a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer [syn: Hydra] |
| 5. | something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake |
verb | |
| 1. | move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake |
| 2. | form a snake-like pattern; "The river snakes through the valley" |
| 3. | move along a winding path; "The army snaked through the jungle" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
snake [sneik] noun
any of a group of legless reptiles with long bodies that move along on the ground with a twisting movement, many of which have a poisonous bite
Example: He was bitten by a snake and nearly died.
snake [sneik] verbExample: He was bitten by a snake and nearly died.
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to move like a snake
Example: He snaked his way through the narrow tunnel.
See also: snake-bite, snake-charmerExample: He snaked his way through the narrow tunnel.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Main Entry: snake
Pronunciation: 'snAk
Function: noun
: any of numerous limbless scaled reptiles (suborder Serpentes syn. Ophidia) with a long tapering bodyand with salivary glands often modified to produce venom which is injected through grooved or tubular fangs
| Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc. |
Snake
Snake\, n. [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel. sn[=a]kr, sn?kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.] (Zo["o]l.) Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent. Note: Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the larger number are harmless to man. Blind snake, Garter snake, Green snake, King snake, Milk snake, Rock snake, Water snake, etc. See under Blind, Garter, etc. Fetich snake (Zo["o]l.), a large African snake (Python Seb[ae]) used by the natives as a fetich. Ringed snake (Zo["o]l.), a common European columbrine snake (Tropidonotus natrix). Snake eater. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The markhoor. (b) The secretary bird. Snake fence, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.] Snake fly (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus Rhaphidia; -- so called because of their large head and elongated neck and prothorax. Snake gourd (Bot.), a cucurbitaceous plant (Trichosanthes anguina) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than that of the serpent cucumber. Snake killer. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The secretary bird. (b) The chaparral cock. Snake moss (Bot.), the common club moss (Lycopodium clavatum). See Lycopodium. Snake nut (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree (Ophiocaryon paradoxum) of Guiana, the embryo of which resembles a snake coiled up. Tree snake (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees, especially those of the genus Dendrophis and allied genera.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Snake
Snake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Snaking.]1. To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; -- often with out. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett. 2. (Naut.) To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Snake
Snake\, v. i. To crawl like a snake.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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