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Snake
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Snake 1  (snk)
n. pl. Snake or Snakes
See Shoshone.

Snake 2  (snk)
n.
See Hydra.

snake  (snk)
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
Noun
1. a long scaly limbless reptile
2. Also: (snake in the grass) a person, esp. a colleague or friend, who secretly acts against one
Verb
[snaking, snaked]
to glide or move in a winding course, like a snake [Old English snaca]

Snake a term applied to things or a formation resembling a snake—Wilkes.
Examples: a black snake of men winding across the plain, 1891; snakes of ribbon, 1894.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Snakesnake - limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
diapsid, diapsid reptile - reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye
colubrid, colubrid snake - mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes
blind snake, worm snake - wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes
constrictor - any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils
elapid, elapid snake - any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres
sea snake - any of numerous venomous aquatic viviparous snakes having a fin-like tail; of warm littoral seas; feed on fish which they immobilize with quick-acting venom
viper - venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw
2.snake - a deceitful or treacherous person
bad person - a person who does harm to others
3.SnakeSnake - a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Gem State, ID, Idaho - a state in the Rocky Mountains
Beaver State, OR, Oregon - a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
Evergreen State, WA, Washington - a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
Equality State, WY, Wyoming - a state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east
Twin Falls, Twin - a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho
4.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
object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
closet auger - a snake used to unblock toilets
auger, plumber's snake - a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes
trap-and-drain auger - a plumber's snake for clearing a trap and drain
Verb1.snake - move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake
glide - move smoothly and effortlessly
2.snake - form a snake-like pattern; "The river snakes through the valley"
curve, wind, twist - extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"
3.snake - move along a winding path; "The army snaked through the jungle"
meander, thread, wind, wander, weave - to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"

snake
noun 1. serpent,
verb 2. wind, twist, curve, turn, bend, ramble, meander, deviate, zigzag >> adjectives serpentine see see, reptiles
Translations
snake [sneɪk] n (gen) → serpiente f;
(harmless) → culebra;
(poisonous) → víbora

snake [sneɪk] nserpent m

snake [sneɪk] nSchlange f

snake [sneɪk] nserpente m

snake
n snake [sneik]
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 He was bitten by a snake and nearly died. slang حَيَّه، ثُعْبان змия had slange die Schlange φίδι serpiente madu, nõeluss مار käärme serpent נָחָש सांप, सापिन, सर्प, सार्पिणी zmija, guja kígyó ular snákur serpente へび gyvatė čūska ular slang slange, orm wąż cobra şarpe змея had kača zmija orm งู yılan гадюка, змія سانپ con rắn
v
to move like a snake He snaked his way through the narrow tunnel. seil يَتَحَرَّك كالثُّعْبان вия се plazit se sno sig sich schlängeln προχωρώ σαν φίδι, σέρνομαι serpentear vingerdama, endale teed tegema مارپيچ رفتن luikerrella serpenter לְהִתפַּתֵל टेढे़ मढे़ चलना, रेंगना vijugati se kígyózik merayap hlykkjast áfram serpeggiare, strisciare くねって進む (뱀처럼) 꿈틀거리다; 구불구불 나아가다 šliaužti locīties; ložņāt merayap schuifelen sno seg wić się, czołgać serpentear a şerpui ползти, извиваться plaziť sa zvijati se krivudati åla sig เลื้อย yılankavi gitmek 似蛇般地爬行 повзти; звиватися سانپ کی طرح چلنا trườn như rắn, uốn khúc
n snake-bite
the wound resulting from the bite of a snake What is the best treatment for (a) snake-bite? slangbyt لَدْغَة الأفْعى ухапване от змия uštknutí slangebid der Schlangenbiß δάγκωμα φιδιού mordedura de serpiente ussihammustus زخم حاصل از دندان مار käärmeenpurema morsure de serpent הַכָּשָת נָחָש सर्पदंश zmijski ugriz kígyómarás gigitan ular höggormsbit morso di serpente へびにかまれた傷 뱀에 물린 상처 gyvatės įkandimas čūskas kodums gigitan ular slangebeet slangebitt ukąszenie przez węża mordedura de cobra muşcătură de şarpe укус змеи uštipnutie kačji ugriz zmijski ujed ormbett แผลเป็นที่เกิดจากงูฉก yılan ısırması/sokması (蛇的)咬傷 укус отруйної змії سانپ کے کاٹنے سے ہونے والا زخم vết rắn cắn
n snake-charmer
a person who can handle snakes and make them perform rhythmical movements. slangbesweerder حاوٍ змиеукротител zaříkávač hadů slangetæmmer der/die Schlangenbeschwörer(in) γητευτής φιδιών encantador de serpientes maotaltsutaja مارگير käärmeenlumooja charmeur/de serpent -euse מְהַפּנֵט נְחָשִים संपेरा krotitelj zmija kígyóbűvölő pawang ular slöngutemjari incantatore di serpenti へび使い 뱀을 부리는 사람 gyvačių užkalbėtojas čūsku dīdītājs pemain ular slangenbezweerder slangetemmer zaklinacz węży encantador de serpentes îmblânzitor de şerpi заклинатель змей zariekavač hadov krotilec kač ukrotitelj zmija ormtjusare คนเลี้ยงงู yılan oynatıcısı 玩蛇者 заклинач змій سپیرا người dụ rắn


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