'Snake' definitions:

Definition of 'snake'

(from WordNet)
noun
Limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous [syn: snake, serpent, ophidian]
noun
A deceitful or treacherous person [syn: snake, snake in the grass]
noun
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]
noun
A long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer [syn: Hydra, Snake]
noun
Something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake
verb
Move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake
verb
Form a snake-like pattern; "The river snakes through the valley"
verb
Move along a winding path; "The army snaked through the jungle"

Definition of 'Snake'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Snake'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Snake'

From: GCIDE
  • Snake \Snake\, v. i. To crawl like a snake. [1913 Webster]

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