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Snake

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Noun

any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.
a treacherous person; an insidious enemy. Compare snake in the grass .
Building Trades .
Also called auger , plumber's snake. (in plumbing) a device for dislodging obstructions in curved pipes, having a head fed into the pipe at the end of a flexible metal band.
Also called wirepuller. a length of resilient steel wire, for threading through an electrical conduit so that wire can be pulled through after it.

Verb (used without object)

to move, twist, or wind
The road snakes among the mountains.

Verb (used with object)

to wind or make (one's course, way, etc.) in the manner of a snake
to snake one's way through a crowd.
to drag or haul, esp. by a chain or rope, as a log.

Synonyms

verb
sinuate , undulate , coil , corkscrew , curl , entwine , meander , spiral , twine , twist , weave , wreathe , creep , slide , worm , glide , lurk , mouse , prowl , pussyfoot , skulk , slink , slip , steal
adjective
anguiform , anguine , colubrine , ophidian , reptilian , serpentiform , serpentine , sinuous
noun
groveling , ophidian , reptile , reptile. serpent , reptilian , serpent

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