what does snake mean?
SNAKE as NOUN
- Meaning
- limbless scaly elongate reptile
- some are venomous
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Hypernyms(s) snake is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Hyponym(s)
- Meaning
- something resembling a snake
Hypernyms(s) snake is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer
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Hypernyms(s) Snake is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward
- discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition
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Hypernyms(s) Snake is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- a deceitful or treacherous person
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Hypernyms(s) snake is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
SNAKE as VERB
- Meaning
- move along a winding path
Usage Example(s)
- The army snaked through the jungle
Hypernyms(s) snake is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake
Hypernyms(s) snake is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Derived(s)
- Meaning
- form a snake-like pattern
Usage Example(s)
- The river snakes through the valley
Hypernyms(s) snake is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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