serpentine
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7.6
- adjective
- /ˈsɜr.pən.tin/
:
serpentino
- The tunnel follows a serpentine path, with many smaller passages and anterooms off to the sides.
Examples
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It's a serpentine road we travel this life.
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We begin a serpentine path up the mountain.
Fiction book (1997) -
The OmniTread moves in a serpentine fashion.
Academic text (2011) -
It'll confuse him by running a serpentine pattern!
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Clifford recounted that his mother told him in the early days, before the Bear Dance ceremony began, a procession of dancers in a serpentine formation snaked its way along the dance corral before the Bear Dance started.
Academic text (2016) -
The driver carefully navigated the serpentine road as it twisted through the mountains.
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As the river flowed through the valley, it created a serpentine shape that meandered across the landscape.
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She admired the serpentine trail that wound its way through the lush forest.
Synonyms
25
3.8
Having a curved shape that winds around a center like a coil
11
4.7
A road or story with many bends and sudden changes
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8.1
Full of twists and turns, like a winding road or an argument
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4.6
A long, thin shape or movement that curves like a snake
1
3.9
Having curved lines or patterns that twist and flow
1
4.3
Moving with small twisting movements like a worm
1
6.1
Winding like a snake
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9.9
Having a long, winding shape like a snake
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3.6
Having many curves like a winding road
Having smooth, quiet movements or a watchful look like a long thin animal
A surface or pattern that looks like snake scales
Having many bends and turns like a winding road
A path or road that has many twists and turns
A spiral that winds around a central line
Has a spiral shape like a snake or rope
Moving by twisting and turning like a snake
Moving with small twisting and squirming movements like a worm
Having the shape or movement of a snake
How Winding
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Serpentine comes from the Latin word serpens, which means 'snake', and you can see the same root in the English word serpent. So something serpentine moves or looks like a snake, meaning it is winding and twisting.