Meaning

6 senses
  1. Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.

    Schnecke, Gehäuseschnecke

    ули́ткаulítka

    ра́вликrávlyk, слима́кslymák

  2. (broadly, informal)A slow person; a sluggard.

    Schnecke

    тихохо́дtixoxód, копу́шаkopúša

  3. A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock.

  4. (historical)A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.

  5. The pod of the snail clover.

  6. A locomotive with a prime mover but no traction motors, used to provide extra electrical power to another locomotive.

More definitions
  • freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
  • edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic

Examples

101 sentences
  1. You shouldn't eat raw snails.

    Не треба їсти сирих равликів.

    ruНельзя есть сырых улиток.

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  2. These snails are edible.

    Ці равлики їстівні.

    ruЭти улитки съедобны.

    deDiese Schnecken kann man essen.

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  3. Tom doesn't like snails.

    Том не любить равликів.

    deTom mag keine Schnecken.

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  4. Tom picked up the snail and looked at it carefully.

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  5. A snail can sleep for as long as three years at a time.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell:
Русский
By meaning 2
any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell:
sluggard:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell:

Origin

From Middle English snayl, snail, from the Old English sneġel, from Proto-Germanic *snagil

From Middle English snayl, snail, from the Old English sneġel, from Proto-Germanic *snagilaz. Cognate with Low German Snagel,

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