snake

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/sneɪk/

noun 5verb 5name 5

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

deadly

A deadly snake slithered across the garden path, and we quickly moved the children inside to safety.

poisonous, venomous | grass, sea, tree, water

SNAKE + VERB

bite sb/sth, strike sth

The cobra struck the mongoose so quickly that no one could follow the movement.

slide, slither, wind (its way)

The python slid silently through the grass toward the pond.

hiss, spit | moult, shed its skin | coil (itself) around, coil up, curl up | uncoil

SNAKE + NOUN

bite (also snakebite) | charmer | venom

Definitions

noun

Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptile with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues.

The man writhed like a trampled snake, and a red foam bubbled from his lips.

After dark the train is a lighted snake, as, even when the passengers' lights are out, each carriage has a side-light in the middle just under the eaves.

A person who acts deceitfully for personal or social gain; a treacherous person.

Near-synonyms: rat; see also Thesaurus:betrayer

Mrs. Kenwigs was horror-stricken to think that she should ever have nourished in her bosom such a snake, adder, viper, serpent, and base crocodile, as Henrietta Petowker.

A tool for unclogging plumbing.

A tool to aid cable pulling.

A flavoured jube (confectionary) in the shape of a snake.

verb

To follow or move in a winding route.

The path snaked through the forest.

The river snakes through the valley.

To steal slyly.

He snaked my DVD!

Although it wouldn't be the first time some one patented an idea that I'd had a year earlier.[…]Someone already has :)[…]F*CK ME !! Snaked again !

To clean using a plumbing snake.

To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; often with out.

November 27 1835, N.B. St. John, letter to George Thompson his wife and children shall not be forced to flee from the hearth of a friend, lest they should be snaked out by men in civic authority

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.

name

The sixth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.

An early computer game, later popular on mobile phones, in which the player attempts to manoeuvre a perpetually growing snake so as to collect food items and avoid colliding with walls or the snake's tail.

A surname.

A placename:

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — limbless scaly elongate reptile

noun — a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curve

auger

noun — a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near t

hydra

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

snake oil

A fraudulent, ineffective potion or nostrum; panacea.

snake eyes

Two ones, after rolling two dice.

It’s as if snake eyes, which should occur randomly only once every 36 times you roll a pair of dice, were coming up once every four times.

go snake

To act in an erratic or unrestrained manner.

Industry watchers note that high prices and record revenues likely mean the sector is headed for strong profits, despite its challenges. / “Prices have gone snake. If you think abo

come up with snake eyes

To fail to come up with anything; to get nowhere.

drain the snake

To urinate.

Example Bank

The man writhed like a trampled snake, and a red foam bubbled from his lips.

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After dark the train is a lighted snake, as, even when the passengers' lights are out, each carriage has a side-light in the middle just under the eaves.

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Near-synonyms: rat; see also Thesaurus:betrayer

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The path snaked through the forest.

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The river snakes through the valley.

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Any Brisbane female interested in snaking down a few beers whilst watching the footy on a big screen?

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, snake is marked as figuratively, slang, informal, UK, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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