Meaning

4 senses

  1. To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.

  2. (UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive)To check or curtail (the growth of something); also, to check or curtail the growth of (a plant, etc.).

  3. (UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive)Synonym of sneap (“to check or abruptly reprove (someone); to chide, to rebuke, to reprimand”).

  4. (UK, archaic, dialectal, intransitive)To chide, to rebuke, to reprimand.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. When I read Harry Potter, Snape had Mr. Jackson's face and voice.

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  2. Snape kills Dumbledore.

    deSnape tötet Dumbledore.

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Origin

Origin obscure. Perhaps from snape, a dialectal variant of sneap (“to nip, bite, pinch”).

Origin obscure. Perhaps from snape, a dialectal variant of sneap (“to nip, bite, pinch”). More at sneap.

From Middle English snaipen (“to injure; of sleet or snow: to nip; to criticize, rebuke, revile”) [and other forms], from Old Norse sneypa (“to disgrace, dishonour; to outrage”), from Proto-Germanic *snupaną, *snubaną (“to cut; to snap”); further origin unknown. Doublet of sneap.

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Forms

snapes, snaping, snaped, snaped
Base formsnape · to snape
3rd person singularsnapes
Present participlesnaping
Past simplesnaped
Past participlesnaped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysnape
he, she, itsnapes

Past simpleLesson

all personssnaped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave snaped
he, she, ithas snaped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill snape

Synonyms

1 synonyms
sneap

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
snapB2snappysnapshotsnare
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