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- Dictionarysnake/sneɪk/
noun
- 1. a long limbless reptile which has no eyelids, a short tail, and jaws that are capable of considerable extension. Some snakes have a venomous bite. Similar
- 2. a treacherous or deceitful person: "that man is a cold-blooded snake" Similar
verb
- 1. move or extend with the twisting motion of a snake: "a rope snaked down"
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an unpleasant person who cannot be trusted: I don't trust him - he's a snake in the grass. See more. More examplesFewer examples. The snake coiled itself tightly around the deer. She watched the snake slither away. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Reptile & amphibian names. adder. alligator. amphibian. anaconda. chameleon. cobra.
The meaning of SNAKE is any of numerous limbless scaled reptiles (suborder Serpentes synonym Ophidia) with a long tapering body and with salivary glands often modified to produce venom which is injected through grooved or tubular fangs. How to use snake in a sentence.
A snake is a long, thin reptile without legs. Synonyms: serpent More Synonyms of snake. 2. verb. Something that snakes in a particular direction goes in that direction in a line with a lot of bends. [literary] The road snaked through forested mountains. [VERB preposition/adverb]
Snake definition: any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.. See examples of SNAKE used in a sentence.
Snakes have a wide diversity of skin coloration patterns which are often related to behavior, such as the tendency to have to flee from predators. Snakes that are at a high risk of predation tend to be plain, or have longitudinal stripes, providing few reference points to predators, thus allowing the snake to escape without being noticed.
A snake is a long reptile without legs that moves by undulating, arching the bones in its back and pushing against the ground. A pet snake is easy to care for, unless you're squeamish about feeding it mice. Like other reptiles, snakes are covered in smooth scales.
1. Any of numerous scaly, legless, sometimes venomous squamate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (or Ophidia), having a long, tapering, cylindrical body and flexible jaws. 2. A treacherous person. Also called snake in the grass. 3. A long, highly flexible metal wire or coil used for cleaning drains. Also called plumber's snake.
Definition of snake noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
4 days ago · snake, (suborder Serpentes), any of more than 3,400 species of reptiles distinguished by their limbless condition and greatly elongated body and tail. Classified with lizards in the order Squamata, snakes represent a lizard that, over the course of evolution, has undergone structural reduction, simplification, and loss as well as specialization ...
snake (snāk), n., v., snaked, snak•ing. n. Reptiles 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.
