snaking (verb)

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• 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 — 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

• un|der|steer — «verb. UHN duhr STIHR; noun. UHN duhr STIHR», verb, noun. –v.i. to have an automobile turn less sharply on a curve than intended by the driver. –n. 1. an act or instance of understeering. 2. a tendency to understeer: »When driven briskly, its… …   Useful english dictionary

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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