UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsneɪk/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/sneɪk/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(snāk)
snake(snāk),USA pronunciationn., v.,snaked, snak•ing. n.
Reptilesany 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. Cf. snake in the grass.
Building
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.
v.i.
to move, twist, or wind:The road snakes among the mountains.
v.t.
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.
bef. 1000; Middle English (noun, nominal); Old English snaca; cognate with Middle Low German snake, Old Norse snākr
any reptile of the suborder Ophidia (or Serpentes), typically having a scaly cylindrical limbless body, fused eyelids, and a jaw modified for swallowing large prey: includes venomous forms such as cobras and rattlesnakes, large nonvenomous constrictors (boas and pythons), and small harmless types such as the grass snake
Also called:snake in the grassa deceitful or treacherous person
anything resembling a snake in appearance or action
(in the European Union) a former system of managing a group of currencies by allowing the exchange rate of each of them only to fluctuate within narrow limits
a tool in the form of a long flexible wire for unblocking drains
vb
(intransitive) to glide or move like a snake
(transitive) to move in or follow (a sinuous course)
Etymology: Old English snaca; related to Old Norse snākr snake, Old High German snahhan to crawl, Norwegian snōk snailˈsnakeˌlikeadj
'snake' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Collocations: a [venomous, dangerous, harmless, deadly] snake, an area [populated, inhabited] by snakes, [bitten, killed, attacked] by a snake, more...
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