Snake
21snake — I UK [sneɪk] / US noun [countable] Word forms snake : singular snake plural snakes * a long thin animal with no legs and a smooth skin. Some snakes have a poisonous bite that can kill. • a snake in the grass See: snakes and ladders II UK [sneɪk]… …
22Snake — n. & v. n. 1 a any long limbless reptile of the suborder Ophidia, including boas, pythons, and poisonous forms such as cobras and vipers. b a limbless lizard or amphibian. 2 (also snake in the grass) a treacherous person or secret enemy. 3 (prec …
23snake — n. & v. n. 1 a any long limbless reptile of the suborder Ophidia, including boas, pythons, and poisonous forms such as cobras and vipers. b a limbless lizard or amphibian. 2 (also snake in the grass) a treacherous person or secret enemy. 3 (prec …
24snake — snake1 S3 [sneık] n [: Old English; Origin: snaca] 1.) an animal with a long thin body and no legs, that often has a poisonous bite ▪ A snake slithered across our path. a poisonous/venomous snake 2.) also snake in the grass informal someone …
25snake — snake1 [ sneık ] noun count * a long thin animal with no legs and a smooth skin. Some snakes have a poisonous bite that can kill. a snake/snake in the grass INFORMAL someone you cannot trust => SNAKES AND LADDERS snake snake 2 [ sneık ] verb… …
26snake — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English snaca; akin to Old Norse snakr snake, Old High German snahhan to crawl Date: before 12th century 1. any of numerous limbless scaled reptiles (suborder Serpentes syn. Ophidia) with a long… …
27snake — I n. 1) a poisonous, venomous snake 2) snakes bite, strike; coil; crawl; hibernate; hiss; molt, shed skin 3) (misc.) a snake in the grass ( a treacherous person ) II v. (colloq.) he snaked his way through the crowd * * * [sneɪk] coil crawl… …
28snake — ‘You snake’ is probably a short form of ‘you snake in the grass’, used of a false friend, though the speaker might use ‘snake’ as a synonym for serpent. In St Urbain’s Horseman, by Mordecai Richler, the hero makes fun of his brother in law at… …
29snake — sneɪk n. scaly legless reptile with a long narrow body; person who cannot be trusted, traitorous person; plumber s snake, long flexible wire used for clearing drains v. twist or wind like a snake; move like a snake, move in a sinuous manner,… …
30snake — Any of many scaly, legless, sometimes venomous reptiles having long, tapering cylindrical and serpentine form. In Judeo Christian iconography, snakes have often been employed as symbols of evil, as in the biblical representation of Satan as a… …
