English dictionary

snake

/sn/eI/k/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

noun.animal

Synonyms ophidian serpent

Source: WordNet 3.0
a deceitful or treacherous person

noun.person

Synonyms snake in the grass

Source: WordNet 3.0
a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition

noun.object

Synonyms snake river

Source: WordNet 3.0
a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer

noun.object

Synonyms hydra

Source: WordNet 3.0
something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake

noun.artifact

Source: WordNet 3.0
Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.

noun

Source: webster1913

move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake

verb.motion

Source: WordNet 3.0
form a snake-like pattern

verb.stative

Examples
The river snakes through the valley.

Source: WordNet 3.0
move along a winding path

verb.motion

Examples
The army snaked through the jungle.

Source: WordNet 3.0
To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; -- often with out.

verb

Source: webster1913
To crawl like a snake.

verb

Source: webster1913