Snake meaning

What does “snake” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“snake” is a noun and verb with 9 meanings. Its most common meaning is: limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous.

snake

noun

  1. limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

  2. a deceitful or treacherous person

  3. a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition

    SynonymsSnake River
  4. a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer

    SynonymsHydra
  5. something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake

  6. a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes

verb

  1. move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake

  2. form a snake-like pattern

    “The river snakes through the valley”

  3. move along a winding path

    “The army snaked through the jungle”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University