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Definitions for Snake
[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 . 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.
[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, especially by a chain or rope, as a log.
[7] 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 Related adjectives: colubrine, ophidian
[8] Also called: snake in the grass a deceitful or treacherous person
[9] anything resembling a snake in appearance or action
[10] (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
[11] a tool in the form of a long flexible wire for unblocking drains
[12] (intr) to glide or move like a snake
[13] (tr) US to haul (a heavy object, esp a log) by fastening a rope around one end of it
[14] (tr) US (often foll by out) to pull jerkily
[15] (tr) to move in or follow (a sinuous course)
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snail mail, snail's pace, snail-paced, snailfish, snailflower, snake, snake charmer, snake dance, snake doctor, snake eyes, snake feeder
Origin of Snake
before 1000; Middle English (noun); Old English snaca; cognate with Middle Low German snake, Old Norse snākr
Other words from Snake
snake·like , adjective
Word origin for Snake
Old English snaca; related to Old Norse snākr snake, Old High German snahhan to crawl, Norwegian snōk snail