Meaning & Definition of Snake in English
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Snake
/snek/
noun
1. Limbless scaly elongate reptile
- Some are venomous
synonym:
- snake,
- serpent,
- ophidian
2. A deceitful or treacherous person
synonym:
- snake,
- snake in the grass
3. A tributary of the columbia river that rises in wyoming and flows westward
- Discovered in 1805 by the lewis and clark expedition
synonym:
- Snake,
- Snake River
4. A long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between virgo and cancer
synonym:
- Hydra,
- Snake
5. Something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake
synonym:
- snake
verb
1. Move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake
synonym:
- snake
2. Form a snake-like pattern
- "The river snakes through the valley"
synonym:
- snake
3. Move along a winding path
- "The army snaked through the jungle"
synonym:
- snake
Examples of using
"What a fabulous creation can a woman be compared with?" "With a triple-headed snake. She speaks one thing, thinks another, and does the third".
He who is bitten by a snake fears even the rope.
He was bitten in the leg by a snake.