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snake

  [sneyk] noun, verb, snaked, snak⋅ing.
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–noun
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.
a. 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.
b. 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)
4. to move, twist, or wind: The road snakes among the mountains.
–verb (used with object)
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

Related forms:
snakelike, adjective
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Snake River

 
–noun
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   (hī'drə)   
n.  

  1. Greek Mythology The many-headed monster that was slain by Hercules.

  2. A constellation in the equatorial region of the southern sky near Cancer, Libra, and Centaurus. Also called Snake2.

  3. A persistent or multifaceted problem that cannot be eradicated by a single effort.


[Middle English Idra, from Latin Hydra, from Greek Hudrā, Hydra, a water serpent; see wed-1 in Indo-European roots.]
Sho·sho·ne also Sho·sho·ni   (shō-shō'nē)   
n.   pl. Shoshone or Sho·sho·nes also Shoshoni or Sho·sho·nis

  1. A Native American people comprising three divisions, specifically:

    1. A group inhabiting parts of Idaho, northern Utah, eastern Oregon, and western Montana, now mostly in southeast Idaho. Also called Northern Shoshone, Snake1.

    2. A group inhabiting the Great Basin area of Idaho, Utah, and Nevada south to Death Valley, California, now mostly in Nevada. Also called Western Shoshone.

    3. A group inhabiting the Wind River valley of western Wyoming. Also called Eastern Shoshone, Wind River Shoshone.

  2. A member of this people or any of its divisions.

  3. Any of the languages of the Shoshone people.


[Probably from an Eastern Shoshone band name.]
Sho·sho'ne·an adj.
snake   (snāk)   
n.  

  1. Any of numerous scaly, legless, sometimes venomous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes or Ophidia (order Squamata), having a long, tapering, cylindrical body and found in most tropical and temperate regions.

  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.

  4. Economics A fixing of the value of currencies to each other within defined parameters, which when graphed visually shows these currencies remaining parallel in value to each other as a unit despite fluctuations with other currencies.

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.

[Middle English, from Old English snaca.]
Snake 1   (snāk)   
n.   pl. Snake or Snakes
See Shoshone.
Snake 2   (snāk)   
n.  See Hydra.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

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.
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