snake
To follow or move in a winding routeTo follow or move in a winding route.
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» Is the snake alive or dead?
Ist die Schlange tot oder lebendig? — al_ex_an_der
Ist die Schlange lebendig oder tot? — violinmike
Эта змея жива или мертва? — Lenin_1917
Змея живая или мёртвая? — marafon
Эта змея живая или мёртвая? — Selena777
Эта змея живая или дохлая? — Selena777
Ця змія жива чи мертва? — Internecivus
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
7 senses(intransitive)To follow or move in a winding route.
The path snaked through the forest.
The river snakes through the valley.
winden, sich winden, schlängeln
move along a winding path
(Australia, slang, transitive)To steal slyly.
He snaked my DVD!
(transitive)To clean using a plumbing snake.
(US, informal)To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; often with out.
To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm.
(Multicultural London English)To inform; to rat; often with out.
He says he didn't snake and I believe him.
(slang)To interfere with another's run or to take one's run out of turn.
Examples
638 sentencesIs 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
I saw a snake eating a mouse.
Я бачив, як змія їсть мишу. — deniko
ruЯ видел, как змея ест мышь. — odexed
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
Is the snake alive?
Змія жива? — deniko
ruЗмея живая? — odexed
Tom saw a snake.
Том бачив змію. — deniko
ruТом увидел змею. — odexed
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English snake, from Old English snaca (“snake, serpent, reptile”), from Proto-From Middle English snake, from Old English snaca (“snake, serpent, reptile”), from Proto-West Germanic *snakō (“slider, snake”), from *snakan (“to creep, slide”), related to Old High German snahhan (“to sneak, slide”). Compare also Proto-Germanic *snēkô (“creeper, crawler”).
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Forms
snakes, snaking, snaked, snakedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
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
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.