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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
snake n 1: limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous [syn: snake, serpent, ophidian] 2: a deceitful or treacherous person [syn: 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 [syn: Snake, Snake River] 4: a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer [syn: Hydra, Snake] 5: something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake v 1: move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake 2: form a snake-like pattern; "The river snakes through the valley" 3: move along a winding path; "The army snaked through the jungle" | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Snake \Snake\, n. [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel. sn[=a]kr, sn?kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.] (Zool.) Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent. [1913 Webster] Note: Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the larger number are harmless to man. [1913 Webster] Blind snake, Garter snake, Green snake, King snake, Milk snake, Rock snake, Water snake, etc. See under Blind, Garter, etc. Fetich snake (Zool.), a large African snake (Python Sebae) used by the natives as a fetich. Ringed snake (Zool.), a common European columbrine snake (Tropidonotus natrix). Snake eater. (Zool.) (a) The markhoor. (b) The secretary bird. Snake fence, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.] Snake fly (Zool.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus Rhaphidia; -- so called because of their large head and elongated neck and prothorax. Snake gourd (Bot.), a cucurbitaceous plant (Trichosanthes anguina) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than that of the serpent cucumber. Snake killer. (Zool.) (a) The secretary bird. (b) The chaparral cock. Snake moss (Bot.), the common club moss (Lycopodium clavatum). See Lycopodium. Snake nut (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree (Ophiocaryon paradoxum) of Guiana, the embryo of which resembles a snake coiled up. Tree snake (Zool.), any one of numerous species of colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees, especially those of the genus Dendrophis and allied genera. [1913 Webster] | ||
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Snake \Snake\, v. i. To crawl like a snake. [1913 Webster] | ||
4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Snake \Snake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Snaking.] 1. To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; -- often with out. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) 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. [1913 Webster] | ||
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