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- [sneyk]
- /sneɪk/
- /sneɪk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sneyk]
- /sneɪk/
Definitions of snake word
- noun snake any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas. 1
- noun snake a treacherous person; an insidious enemy. Compare snake in the grass. 1
- noun snake 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. 1
- verb without object snake to move, twist, or wind: The road snakes among the mountains. 1
- verb with object snake to wind or make (one's course, way, etc.) in the manner of a snake: to snake one's way through a crowd. 1
- verb with object snake to drag or haul, especially by a chain or rope, as a log. 1
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Origin of snake
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English (noun); Old English snaca; cognate with Middle Low German snake, Old Norse snākr
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Snake
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
snake popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
snake usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for snake
noun snake
- abandoner — a person or thing that abandons
- adder — In Europe and Asia, an adder is a small poisonous snake that has a black pattern on its back. In North America, a number of different poisonous and non-poisonous snakes are called adders.
- ant — Ants are small crawling insects that live in large groups.
- ants — any of numerous black, red, brown, or yellow social insects of the family Formicidae, of worldwide distribution especially in warm climates, having a large head with inner jaws for chewing and outer jaws for carrying and digging, and living in highly organized colonies containing wingless female workers, a winged queen, and, during breeding seasons, winged males, some species being noted for engaging in warfare, slavemaking, or the cultivation of food sources.
- asp — the venomous snake, probably Naja haje (Egyptian cobra), that caused the death of Cleopatra and was formerly used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death
verb snake
- arcing — Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- arcked — a simple past tense and past participle of arc.
- arcking — a present participle of arc.
- coil — A coil of rope or wire is a length of it that has been wound into a series of loops.
- complect — to interweave or entwine
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