NOUN | animal | snake, serpent, ophidian | limbless scaly elongate reptile |
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person | snake, snake in the grass | a deceitful or treacherous person | |
object | Snake, Snake River | a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward | |
object | Snake, Hydra | a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer | |
artifact | snake | something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake | |
artifact | snake, plumber's snake, auger | a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes | |
VERB | motion | snake | move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake |
stative | snake | form a snake-like pattern | |
motion | snake | move along a winding path |
Sounds | sney'k | |
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Rhymes | ache ... wake / Wake: 58 rhymes with eyk... |
Meaning | A deceitful or treacherous person. | |
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Synonym | snake in the grass | |
Broader | bad person | A person who does harm to others |
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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Synonym | Snake River | |
Instance of | river | A large natural stream of water (larger / larger than a creek) |
Part of | Idaho, Gem State, ID, Id. | A state in the Rocky Mountains |
Oregon, Beaver State, OR, Ore. | A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific | |
Washington, Evergreen State, WA, Wash. | A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific | |
Wyoming, Equality State, WY, Wyo. | A state in the western United States | |
Parts | Twin, Twin Falls | A waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho |
Spanish | Río Snake, Snake | |
Catalan | Riu Snake, Snake |
Meaning | A long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer. | |
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Synonym | Hydra | |
Instance of | constellation | A configuration of stars as seen from the earth |
Spanish | Hydra |
Meaning | Something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake. | |
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Narrower | closet auger | A snake used to unblock toilets |
plumber's snake, snake, auger | A long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes | |
Broader | object, physical object | A tangible and visible entity |
Spanish | sierpe | |
Verbs | snake | move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake |
snake | form a snake-like pattern |
Meaning | A long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes. | |
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Synonyms | plumber's snake, auger | |
Narrower | trap-and-drain auger | A plumber's snake for clearing a trap and drain |
Broader | hand tool | A tool used with workers' hands |
snake | Something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake | |
Spanish | cable desatascador, sonda destapacaños | |
Catalan | furga |
Meaning | Move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake. | |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
Broader | glide | Move smoothly and effortlessly |
Spanish | culebrear, serpentear | |
Nouns | snake | something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake |
Meaning | form a snake-like pattern. | |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
Example | "The river snakes through the valley" | |
Broader | wind, twist, curve | Extend in curves and turns |
Nouns | snake | something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake |
Meaning | Move along a winding path. | |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "The army snaked through the jungle" | |
Broader | weave, wind, thread, meander, wander | To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course |
Spanish | snake |
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