Snake
[sneɪk] or [snek]
Definition
(noun.) limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous.
(noun.) something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake.
(noun.) a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
(noun.) a deceitful or treacherous person.
(verb.) move along a winding path; 'The army snaked through the jungle'.
(verb.) move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake.
(verb.) form a snake-like pattern; 'The river snakes through the valley'.
Typist: Sam--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.
(v. t.) To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; -- often with out.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) To crawl like a snake.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Serpent.
Editor: Luke
Definition
n. a serpent—Snakes (Ophidia) form one of the classes of reptiles in shape limbless and much elongated embracing tree-snakes the water-snakes and the very venomous sea-snakes (Hydrophid) the burrowing-snakes (Typhlopid) and the majority which may be called ground-snakes.—ns. Snake′-bird a darter: the wryneck; Snake′-eel a long Mediterranean eel its tail without a tail-fin.—adj. Snake′-like (Tenn.) like a snake.—ns. Snake′-root the popular name of various plants of different genera whose roots are considered good for snake-bites; Snake's′-head the guinea-hen flower; Snake′-stone a small rounded piece of stone or other hard substance popularly believed to be efficacious in curing snake-bites; Snake′-weed the bistort; Snake′wood (same as Letter-wood).—adjs. Snak′ish having the qualities of a snake: cunning deceitful; Snak′y (Spens.) belonging to or resembling a serpent: (Milt.) cunning deceitful: covered with or having serpents.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
For a woman to dream that a dead snake is biting her, foretells she will suffer from malice of a pretended friend. To dream of snakes, is a foreboding of evil in its various forms and stages. To see them wriggling and falling over others, foretells struggles with fortune and remorse. To kill them, you will feel that you have used every opportunity of advancing your own interests, or respecting that of others. You will enjoy victory over enemies. To walk over them, you will live in constant fear of sickness, and selfish persons will seek to usurp your place in your companion's life. If they bite you, you will succumb to evil influences, and enemies will injure your business. To dream that a common spotted snake approaches you from green herbs, and you quickly step aside as it passes you, and after you had forgotten the incident to again see it approaching and growing in dimensions as it nears you, finally taking on the form of an enormous serpent; if you then, after frantic efforts, succeed in escaping its attack, and altogether lose sight of it, it foretells that you will soon imagine you are being disobeyed and slighted, and things will go on from bad to worse. Sickness, uneasiness and unkindness will increase to frightful proportions in your mind; but they will adjust themselves to a normal basis, and by the putting aside of imaginary trouble, and masterfully shouldering duties, you will be contented and repaid. To dream that a snake coils itself around you and darts its tongue out at you, is a sign that you will be placed in a position where you will be powerless in the hands of enemies, and you will be attacked with sickness. To handle them, you will use strategy to aid in overthrowing opposition. To see hairs turn into snakes, foretells that seeming insignificant incidents will make distressing cares for you. If snakes turn into unnatural shapes, you will have troubles which will be dispelled if treated with indifference, calmness and will power. To see or step on snakes while wading or bathing, denotes that there will be trouble where unalloyed pleasure was anticipated. To see them bite others, foretells that some friend will be injured and criticised by you. To see little snakes, denotes you will entertain persons with friendly hospitality who will secretly defame you and work to overthrow your growing prospects. To see children playing with them, is a sign that you will be nonplussed to distinguish your friends from your enemies. For a woman to think a child places one on the back of her head, and she hears the snake's hisses, foretells that she will be persuaded to yield up some possession seemingly for her good, but she will find out later that she has been inveigled into an intrigue in which enemies will tantalize her. To see snakes raising up their heads in a path just behind your friend, denotes that you will discover a conspiracy which has been formed to injure your friend and also yourself. To think your friend has them under control, denotes that some powerful agency will be employed in your favor to ward off evil influences. For a woman to hypnotize a snake, denotes your rights will be assailed, but you will be protected by law and influential friends. See Serpents and Reptiles.
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Examples
- Nor trust the seeming lifeless snake, Beware! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- A votary of the Snake Goddess. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The cock, being curved like a snake, was called the serpentine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I b'lieve my heart, I could get along and snake through, even if justices were more particular than they is. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She writhes and twists about like a snake. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- McPherson was therefore sent around by the right, to come out by the way of Snake Creek Gap into the rear of the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I am the snake. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The snakes invaded her domestic apartments, and history is not clear whether Philip found in them matter for exasperation or religious awe. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I an't afraid of snakes! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It would have been as easy for the heath-ponies, bats, and snakes to be vulgar as for her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It was alive with lions and leopards and poisonous snakes. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I don't care where,--into the swamp among the snakes,--anywhere! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Snakes act on the same principle which makes the hen ruffle her feathers and expand her wings when a dog approaches her chickens. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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