snaked (verb)

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• overgrow — verb a) To grow beyond ones boundaries or containments. The utmost they aimed at doing was thoroughly to clear the old Church of all the corruptions and superstitions which had disfigured it in the course of ages, and which, like the flaunting… …   Wiktionary

• snake — /sneɪk / (say snayk) noun 1. a scaly, limbless, usually slender reptile, occurring in venomous and non venomous forms, widely distributed in numerous genera and species and constituting the order (or suborder) Serpentes. 2. a treacherous person;… …  

• snake — [[t]sne͟ɪk[/t]] snakes, snaking, snaked 1) N COUNT A snake is a long, thin reptile without legs. 2) VERB Something that snakes in a particular direction goes in that direction in a line with a lot of bends. [LITERARY] [V prep/adv] The road snaked …   English dictionary

• snae´like´ — snake «snayk», noun, verb, snaked, snak|ing. –n. 1. a long, slender, crawling reptile without limbs and with a scaly skin and narrow, forked tongue. Some snakes are poisonous. These have poison glands connected with a pair of fangs which inject… …   Useful english dictionary

• snake — I UK [sneɪk] / US noun [countable] Word forms snake : singular snake plural snakes * a long thin animal with no legs and a smooth skin. Some snakes have a poisonous bite that can kill. • a snake in the grass See: snakes and ladders II UK [sneɪk]… …   English dictionary

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• snake — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English snaca; akin to Old Norse snakr snake, Old High German snahhan to crawl Date: before 12th century 1. any of numerous limbless scaled reptiles (suborder Serpentes syn. Ophidia) with a long… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• snake — 1. noun /sneɪk/ a) A legless reptile of the sub order Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork shaped tongue. b) A treacherous person. Syn: joe blake, serpent, auger, plumbers snake, wirepuller …   Wiktionary

• snake — 1 noun (C) 1 an animal with a long thin body and no legs, that often has a poisonous bite 2 an insulting word meaning someone who cannot be trusted 3 snake in the grass informal someone who pretends to be your friend but does something to harm… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English