SNAKE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of snake in English snakenoun [ C ] uk /sneɪk/ us /sneɪk/ Add to word list Add to word list A2 a reptile with a long body and no legs: be bitten by a snake He's terrified of being bitten by a snake. a snake bitesnake venom Snake venom contains a complex mix of proteins that can be used to thin the blood.   Michael Blann/Stone/GettyImages a snake (in the grass) an unpleasant person who cannot be trusted: I don't trust him - he's a snake in the grass. See more

• The snake coiled itself tightly around the deer.
• She watched the snake slither away.

Reptile & amphibian names

• adder
• alligator
• Amphibia
• amphibian
• anaconda
• chameleon
• cobra
• constrictor
• crocodile
• frog
• lizard
• loggerhead
• mamba
• monitor lizard
• newt
• slowworm
• snakily
• snaky
• spring peeper
• terrapin

See more results » snakeverb [ I usually + adv/prep ] uk /sneɪk/ us /sneɪk/ to move along a route that includes a lot of twists or bends: The river snakes through some of the most spectacular countryside in France. The queue for tickets snaked all the way around the block. Bending, twisting and curving

• arch your back
• ball up phrasal verb
• bendy
• bent
• bowed
• distortion
• entwine
• flex
• flexion
• flexural
• rewind
• swirling
• swirlingly
• swoopy
• tangle
• tangled
• wriggle
• wristy
• writhe
• zigzag

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Idiom

snake its way (Definition of snake from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

snake | American Dictionary

snakenoun [ C ] us /sneɪk/

snake noun [C] (ANIMAL)

Add to word list Add to word list an animal with a long, cylindrical body and no legs snakeverb [ I always + adv/prep ] us /sneɪk/

snake verb [I always + adv/prep] (TWIST)

to move along a route that includes a lot of twists or bends: People spent hours waiting in lines that snaked around the stadium to get tickets. (Definition of snake from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of snake?

Translations of snake

in Chinese (Traditional) 蛇, 蜿蜓伸展… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 蛇, 蜿蜓伸展… See more in Spanish serpiente, dar la vuelta, serpentear… See more in Portuguese cobra, serpentear, cobra [feminine]… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian साप / सर्प… See more ヘビ, へび… See more yılan, yılankavi gitmek… See more serpent [masculine], serpent, serpenter… See more serp… See more slang, schuifelen… See more நீண்ட உடல் மற்றும் கால்கள் இல்லாத ஊர்வன… See more साँप… See more સાપ… See more slange, sno sig… See more orm, åla sig… See more ular, merayap… See more die Schlange, sich schlängeln… See more slange [masculine], slange, orm… See more سانپ… See more гадюка, змія, повзти… See more పాము… See more সাপ, নাগ… See more had, plazit se… See more ular, merayap… See more งู, เลื้อย… See more con rắn, trườn như rắn, uốn khúc… See more wąż, wić się, czołgać… See more 뱀… See more serpente, serpeggiare, strisciare… See more Need a translator?

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• garter snake
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• snake charmer
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• a snake (in the grass) phrase

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    • snake
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