to snake
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4.3
- verb
- /sneɪk/
:
serpentear
- The river snaked through the valley, creating beautiful views at every bend.
- lines snake
That just means the tunnels snake around a lot, right?
- That just means the tunnels snake around a lot, right?
- I have used it to snake things out of the sewer, the drop down there, and I have built devices like this one.
- One day I was sitting at my computer, my PC, and I was idly looking at the, the, the cable snaking it's way from the power socket to my computer.
Examples
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On hands and knees, he explores a rubber supply pipe that snakes under the back door.
Fiction book (1992) -
The Triumphal procession slowly snaked its way through the streets towards Rome's most famous racetrack, the Circus Maximus.
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One of these might snake back to the surface.
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Stick around while we snake our way to the conclusion.
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That just means the tunnels snake around a lot, right?
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The trail brought us around the head of a deep canyon that snaked out to the west.
Fiction book (1991) -
Drawings showed how a forthcoming freeway would snake throughout the Sacramento area.
Academic text (2017) -
Far below, a river snakes through a narrow defile, an empty highway hugging its banks.
Academic text (2011) -
A newly formed river is snaking its way, brown and muddy, between the flagstones.
Fiction book (1993) -
We were on the winding, oiled road that snaked along the shoreline.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
3
4.6
To move by twisting and wriggling to get through a small space
Idioms
- Offensive
5
8.1
A person who pretends to be friendly but secretly harms or tricks you
Compounds
- Offensive
7
8.0
A person who tricks people by offering fake medicines or useless products
- US
4
3.8
A common North and Central American snake that is not venomous and has long stripes
3
4.3
A poisonous fluid that some snakes inject when they bite to stop or kill other animals
- Specialized
2
6.4
A long sea animal with no legs, a flat tail, and a poisonous bite that eats fish
1
3.0
A large river in the northwest United States that flows from Wyoming to the Columbia River
- US
1
6.0
A gentle reddish-orange snake from the southeastern United States often found on farms and kept as a pet
1
3.5
A harmless North American snake that has stripes and often lives in gardens
- Specialized
1
8.5
A snake like a cobra or mamba that has venom and uses fixed fangs to put it into other animals
- US
1
5.8
A North American snake that does not have venom and often eats other snakes and small animals
- US
1
7.0
A large North American snake that is not venomous and lives in burrows eating rodents
A large shiny black snake from North America that is not venomous and eats rats and mice
- US
A large North American snake that eats rodents, lives in burrows, and is not venomous
- Australian
A large Australian snake with patterned skin that often lives near farms
A snake that is not venomous and lives near fresh water in the western United States
- Specialized
A mostly non-venomous snake that lives on land, in trees, or near water
- US
A long thin water animal like an eel with tiny legs that lives in muddy pools in the southern US
- Specialized
A venomous banded snake from the southeastern United States and parts of Central America
A small reddish-grey snake in eastern North America that burrows under leaves and soil
A large nonvenomous snake with shiny blue-black skin that lives in the southeastern United States
- South African
A small snake that lives in trees in southern Africa with black and orange bands
- Indian
A venomous snake with bright red, yellow, and black bands that lives in Asia
A small snake with dark and light rings that moves through sand in the southwestern United States
A harmless snake with dark bands that lives near rivers and lakes in the western United States
- Australian
A small venomous Australian snake with bright red, black and white rings that is usually harmless to people
A pale blotched desert snake with a short blunt nose from southwestern North America that is not dangerous to people
- Specialized
A small shy snake with stripes that lives in grass and parks in the central United States
- US
A mildly venomous snake with a V-shaped mark on its head that lives in rocky areas
- US
A harmless North American snake with red, black, and white bands that looks like a coral snake
- Specialized
A legless lizard with a long tail that breaks off and regrows to escape predators
- US
A small shy snake with bright rings that hides under rocks in dry western North America
A brightly colored snake with poison in its bite that lives in Central and South America
A harmless North American snake with an upturned nose that spreads its head and plays dead when scared
- Archaic
A snake from old stories that holds its tail in its mouth and rolls like a hoop
- South African
A snake that is not poisonous, often tan or brown, that lives near houses and eats mice
- Indian
A large snake from South and Southeast Asia that is not poisonous and often enters buildings to catch mice
- US
A large dark blue nonvenomous snake in southern North America and Mexico that often enters burrows
A brightly colored venomous snake from the Americas with red, black and yellow or white bands
A large harmless reddish snake from the southern United States that lives on farms and in woods
- UK
A harmless snake with a bright ring around its neck found in North America or Europe
A small snake that is not poisonous with a yellow or orange ring around its neck
- Specialized
A thin bright green snake with rough scales that is harmless and lives in the southern and eastern United States
- Australian
A venomous snake from Asia, Africa, or Australia with bright bands
- US
A large snake that does not have venom and lives in pine woods in the eastern United States
- Australian
A venomous snake with brown and yellow bands found in Australia and Tasmania
A small reddish snake that looks like a worm and lives in eastern United States woodlands
A harmless pale snake with smooth, rubbery skin that lives in grass and woods
How Winding
Surface Forms
Etymology
Snake as a verb means to move in a winding, curving way and comes from the animal's movement. So a road that 'snakes' through the hills moves in the same twisting way as a snake.