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snake

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English (US)
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snake

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Because it is a word with a single syllable, snake is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofsnake

1noun
  • A legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue.

    Synonyms: "joe blake", serpent

  • A treacherous person.
  • Somebody who acts deceitfully for social gain.
  • A tool for unclogging plumbing.

    Synonyms: auger, "plumber's snake"

  • A tool to aid cable pulling.

    Synonyms: wirepuller

  • A flavoured jube (confectionary) in the shape of a snake.
  • Trouser snake; the penis.

    Synonyms: "trouser snake"

  • A series of Bézier curves.
  • The seventh Lenormand card.
1verb
  • To follow or move in a winding route.

    Synonyms: slither, wind

    Example: "The path snaked through the forest."

  • To steal slyly.

    Example: "He snaked my DVD!"

  • To clean using a plumbing snake.
  • To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; often with out.
  • To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm.

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