Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The sixth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.

  2. (countable, uncountable)An early computer game, later popular on mobile phones, in which the player attempts to manoeuvre a perpetually growing snake so as to collect food items and avoid colliding with walls or the snake's tail.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A surname.

  4. A placename:

    (countable, uncountable)A river in the northwestern United States, tributary to the Columbia.

Examples

638 sentences
  1. Is the snake alive or dead?

    Ця змія жива чи мертва? — Internecivus

    ruЭта змея жива или мертва? — Lenin_1917

    deIst die Schlange tot oder lebendig? — al_ex_an_der

  2. I saw a snake eating a mouse.

    Я бачив, як змія їсть мишу. — deniko

    ruЯ видел, как змея ест мышь. — odexed

  3. Seen from the sky, the river looked like a huge snake.

    З висоти річка була схожа на величезну змію. — deniko

    ruС высоты река была похожа на огромную змею. — Ann74

    deVom Himmel aus sah der Fluss wie eine riesige Schlange aus. — MUIRIEL

  4. Is the snake alive?

    Змія жива? — deniko

    ruЗмея живая? — odexed

  5. Tom saw a snake.

    Том бачив змію. — deniko

    ruТом увидел змею. — odexed

Collocations

11 patterns
  • snakes snakes
  • of snakes snakes
  • afraid of snakes
  • scared of snakes
  • snakes snakes in
  • garter snakes snakes
  • snakes snakes are
  • by a snake
  • with garter snakes
  • saw a snake
  • garter snakes

See also

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