Word: Snake
How to pronounce: sneɪk
Noun
Definitions:
1. A long limbless reptile which has no eyelids, a short tail, and jaws that are capable of considerable extension. Some snakes have a venomous bite.
Example sentences: "The copperhead, a venomous snake, is dangerous, but its bite is rarely life-threatening to healthy adult humans."
2. A treacherous or deceitful person.
Example sentences: "That man is a cold-blooded snake"
3. A former system of interconnected exchange rates for the currencies of EC countries.
Example sentences: "The snake did not have any provision for strong currency nations to help the weak"
4. A long flexible wire for clearing obstacles in piping.
Example sentences: "As expected, they encountered the clog much farther down the pipe than the first plumber's snake could have reached from under the sink."
Verb
Definitions:
1. Move or extend with the twisting motion of a snake.
Example sentences: "A rope snaked down"
Synonyms:
serpentine
viper
serpens
snakes
serpent
echidna
ophidian
wriggle
reptile
beast
rat
varmint
vermin
crawl
creep
Derivations:
snaking
snaky
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Snake in Other Languages...
Spanish: Serpiente
German: Schlange
French: Serpent
Italian: Serpente
Turkish: Yılan
