snake
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sneik
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "snake"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϏāĻžāĻĒ, āύāĻžāĻ—

a legless, long, and thin animal whose bite may be dangerous
snake definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
My little sister cautiously stepped away when she saw a snake crossing the path.
āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻŦā§‹āύ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāϰ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻĨ āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϘāĻžāϤāĻ•, āϏāĻžāĻĒ

a person treacherous, deceitful, or willing to betray others
snake definition and meaning
Informal
Offensive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Everyone avoided the snake at the party.
āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āϏāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāĻĒ, āϕ⧇āĻŦāϞ

any object that is long, thin, and flexible, resembling the shape or movement of a snake
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The garden hose lay in a snake across the lawn.
āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‹āϜ āϞāύ āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻĒ-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāχāĻĒ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāϰ, āϏāĻžāĻĒ (āĻĒā§āϞāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ‚ āϏāϰāĻžā§āϜāĻžāĻŽ)

a long, flexible steel cable used to clear clogs in pipes, especially curved or obstructed ones
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
This kitchen sink requires a snake to clear the clog.
āĻāχ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϘāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŋāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāχāĻĒ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύāĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāĻĒ, āϏāĻ°ā§āĻĒāϧāĻžāϰ⧀

a faint, long constellation in the southern hemisphere, located near the equator between Virgo and Cancer
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Ancient astronomers charted the snake in the night sky.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āύ āĻœā§āϝ⧋āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāϰāĻž āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĒ āϚāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āϚāϞāĻž, āϤāϰāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to glide in a winding, sinuous motion
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The river snaked through the valley.
āύāĻĻā§€āϟāĻŋ āωāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŋāϞ āĻ—āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϏāĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŋāϞ āϚāϞāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋ āĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to travel along a twisting or curving route
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Traffic snaked along the highway after the accident.
āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϘāϟāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ• āĻšāĻžāχāĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻŦāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āϚāϞāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

snakelike
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