Snake

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Snake \Snake\, n. [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel.
     sn[=a]kr, sn?kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.]
     (Zool.)
     Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent,
     whether harmless or venomous. See {Ophidia}, and {Serpent}.
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     Note: Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the
           larger number are harmless to man.
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     {Blind snake}, {Garter snake}, {Green snake}, {King snake},
     {Milk snake}, {Rock snake}, {Water snake}, etc. See under
        {Blind}, {Garter}, etc.
  
     {Fetich snake} (Zool.), a large African snake ({Python
        Sebae}) used by the natives as a fetich.
  
     {Ringed snake} (Zool.), a common European columbrine snake
        ({Tropidonotus natrix}).
  
     {Snake eater}. (Zool.)
     (a) The markhoor.
     (b) The secretary bird.
  
     {Snake fence}, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.]
  
     {Snake fly} (Zool.), any one of several species of
        neuropterous insects of the genus {Rhaphidia}; -- so
        called because of their large head and elongated neck and
        prothorax.
  
     {Snake gourd} (Bot.), a cucurbitaceous plant ({Trichosanthes
        anguina}) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than
        that of the serpent cucumber.
  
     {Snake killer}. (Zool.)
     (a) The secretary bird.
     (b) The chaparral cock.
  
     {Snake moss} (Bot.), the common club moss ({Lycopodium
        clavatum}). See {Lycopodium}.
  
     {Snake nut} (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree
        ({Ophiocaryon paradoxum}) of Guiana, the embryo of which
        resembles a snake coiled up.
  
     {Tree snake} (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
        colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees,
        especially those of the genus {Dendrophis} and allied
        genera.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Snake \Snake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Snaking}.]
     1. To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; -- often with
        out. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.
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     2. (Naut.) To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a
        smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces
        between the strands of the large one; to worm.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Snake \Snake\, v. i.
     To crawl like a snake.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  snake
       n 1: limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous [syn: {serpent},
             {ophidian}]
       2: a deceitful or treacherous person [syn: {snake in the grass}]
       3: a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and
          flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark
          Expedition [syn: {Snake River}]
       4: a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near
          the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer [syn: {Hydra}]
       5: something resembling a snake
       v 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"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  209 Moby Thesaurus words for "snake":
     Benedict Arnold, Brutus, Judas, Judas Iscariot, Quisling, adder,
     anaconda, animal, archtraitor, asp, beast, bend, betrayer,
     blacksnake, blind snake, boa, boa constrictor, bull snake,
     bushmaster, cobra, cobra de capello, cockatrice, conniver,
     conspirator, conspirer, constrictor, contort, copperhead,
     coral snake, corkscrew, cottonmouth, crawl, creep, crinkle, crook,
     cur, curve, daboia, diamondback, divagate, dog, double agent,
     double-crosser, double-dealer, drag, draggle, draw, drift, err,
     excurse, fer-de-lance, fink, flick, flip, flirt, flounce,
     garter snake, glide, go adrift, go astray, go on tiptoe,
     gopher snake, grovel, gumshoe, hale, hamadryad, haul, heave, hitch,
     hog-nose snake, hook, horned rattlesnake, horned viper, hound,
     hyena, inch, inch along, informer, insect, intort, intrigant,
     intriguer, jerk, jig, jigger, jigget, jiggle, jog, joggle,
     king cobra, king snake, krait, lift, loop, lug, lurk, machinator,
     mamba, meander, milk snake, moccasin, mongrel, nab, nail, nick,
     nightwalk, nip, ophidian, pad, pererrate, pig, pinch, pine snake,
     pit viper, plotter, pluck, polecat, prick, prowl, puff adder, pull,
     pussyfoot, python, quisling, racer, ramble, rat, rat snake,
     rattler, rattlesnake, reptile, rove, scallop, schemer, scrabble,
     scramble, screw, scum, sea snake, serpent, serpentine, shirk, shit,
     shithead, shovel-nose, sidewinder, sidle, skulk, skunk, slidder,
     slide, slink, slip, slither, snatch, sneak, snitch,
     spectacled cobra, steal, steal along, straggle, stray, swine,
     swipe, swirl, take in tow, thunder snake, timeserver, tippytoe,
     tiptoe, toad, tow, trail, train, traitor, trawl, treasonist,
     trimmer, troll, tug, turd, turn, turncoat, tweak, twine, twirl,
     twist, twist and turn, twitch, undulate, urutu, varmint, vermin,
     viper, wander, water moccasin, water snake, whelp, whirl, whorl,
     wind, worm, worm along, worm snake, wrench, wring, yank, yerk,
     zigzag