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snake

/sneɪk/noun, verb1 syllable

Snake means: limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous.

Synonyms for snake9

noun, as in limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

serpent, ophidian

noun, as in a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes

plumber's snake, auger

noun, as in a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Snake River

noun, as in a long faint constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer

Hydra

noun, as in a deceitful or treacherous person

snake in the grass

also used for snake

slither, wind

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What does snake mean?9

noun

1

limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

2

a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes

3

a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition

4

a long faint constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer

5

a deceitful or treacherous person

6

something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake

verb

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”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with snake?26

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All 26 rhymes for snake, grouped by syllable

Snake in a sentence

  • Seen from the sky, the river looked like a huge snake.CK
  • Make sure the snake is completely dead, or he will surely take his revenge.sabretou
  • Like a snake, you periodically shed your skin.AlanF_US
  • A snake which does not shed its skin, dies.tinowls
  • Upon arriving at the beach, we saw a snake.carlosalberto
  • Judging by the swelling, the man must have been bitten by a snake.CM
  • My father, the king, died, allegedly from a snake bite.Nylez
  • In spring, the snake sheds its old skin.Nylez

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of snake

as a noun

plural
snakes

as a verb

past tense
snaked
present participle
snaking
third-person singular
snakes
past participle
snaked